Fire Felt was a Johns-Manville asbestos sheathing.1,2 In sworn answers in two lawsuits against Fibreboard and others, the Borel and Potter cases, J-M described it in 1969 and 1970 as "insulating material made from felted and molded asbestos fiber."1,2
A 1990 EPA notice that published what Manville reported gives one entry for Asbestos Firefelt and Asbestos Firetard together, as an asbestos felt produced from 1891 to 1962.3 For that pair as a group it gives 95 to 98% asbestos, with 2 to 5% inorganic binder and 0 to 10% asphalt.3
An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Fire Felt twice, both times as paper, felt and blankets: once as made from 1891 to 1973, and once from 1891 to 1962.4
Related: Firetard.
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What each document says
Every statement about Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits
The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits
- Description: “(Asbestos Sheathing) Insulating material made from felted and molded asbestos fiber”, p. 242
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1891 to 1962”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 143
- Made until: “produced 1891 to 1962”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 143
- Description: “asbestos felt”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 143
- Ingredient: “inorganic binder, 2 to 5%; asphalt, 0 to 10%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 143
- Asbestos content: “asbestos, 95 to 98%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 143
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)
- Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1903”, p. 1035
- Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1035
- Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Asbestos Fire Felt” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 625
- Temperature limit: “for temperatures up to 1000 degrees F”, p. 705
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 625
- Description: “Insulating material made from felted and molded asbestos fiber”, p. 705
- Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1971 - 1975”, p. 1035
- Form: “Sheet/ Block”, p. 1035
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “felted asbestos pipe covering” (as of 1891–1973), p. 777
Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)
- Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 228
- Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Asbestos Fire Felt” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 228
- Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Asbestos Fire Felt” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 278
Kind of product
We list Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) with pipe covering and block insulation, asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet and paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers, Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Johns-Manville (60)
Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestocel · 85 Magnesia · Thermobestos pipe covering · Cobra · Colorthin · Equality · Eureka Covering · Express Covering · Fibrocel · Fine Corrugated Asbestocel · Firetard · High Temperature Insulation · Indented · Johns-Manville Jm · Johns-Manville Transite Asbestos Wood · Magno · Marinite · Min-k 1301 · and 40 more on the company's page
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (216)
Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Enduro Block (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Epitherm 1200 (Eagle-Picher) · Excel (Philip Carey) · Featherweight (Keasbey & Mattison) · FI Cement (Fibreboard) · Fibrous Adhesive (General Refractories) · Finecell (Atlas Turner) · Fireguard Jacketing (Philip Carey) · Flexible Trainline (CertainTeed) · Flexible Trainline Pipe (CertainTeed) · Frostproof (Keene/Ehret) · Gaf Hylo (GAF) · Glasweld (United States Plywood) · Griptex (Combustion Engineering) · Grosscell (Philip Carey) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Johns-Manville (119)
Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Asbestocel · Metal-on · Colorsil · Corspan · Dekeran · Equality · Face Span · Facespan · Fine Corrugated Asbestocel · Flat Transite · Flexite · Heat Treated Molted Metal Marinite · Homestead · Imperial Marinite · Korduct · Magno · Marimet 45 · and 99 more on the company's page
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (264)
Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Eternit Stonewall (GAF) · Eternit Stonewall Siding (Eternit, Inc.) · Facad (United States Plywood) · Facade (Cape Universal Bldg. Products of Cape Asbestos Group) · Ferobestos (J. W. Roberts Ltd (Turner & Newall)) · Fiber-Shake (Supradur) · Fiber-Shake Sidewall Shingle (Supradur) · Fire-chex 325 (Philip Carey) · Firefoil (Philip Carey) · Flintite (Flintkote) · Flintite (Orangeburg) · Fluid-Tite (CertainTeed) · Fluid-Tite (Keasbey & Mattison) · Follansbee Terne (Follansbee Steel) · Formboard (Philip Carey) · and 244 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits (March 27, 1970), p. 24.
- The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to plaintiff's interrogatories with exhibits (December 29, 1969), p. 24.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 14.
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 4.
- Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 103.
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 99.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 77. Not yet published in our library.
- Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 22.
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