Documents in our library describe Transite Acoustical Panel (Johns-Manville) as “asbestos board”.1 They put its asbestos content at 35%.2 The asbestos named is chrysotile. Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos claims
If you or a family member worked with or around Transite Acoustical Panel (Johns-Manville) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust. Free case review.
What each document says
Every statement about Transite Acoustical Panel (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos board”, p. 1201
Kind of product
We list Transite Acoustical Panel (Johns-Manville) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Johns-Manville (119)
Flexboard · Thermobestos · Min-k · Asbestocel · Metal-on · Superex-sg · Temp-Tite · Therm-o-bestos · Thermo Fire Felt · Thermomat · Thermowrap · Transite · Transite Core Plate · Transite Insulated Roof · Transite Panel · Transite Sewer Pipe · Transite-Korduct · Transitop · Tuff-Link · Type A Asbestos Millboard · 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) · Therm-O-Tec (National Gypsum) · Thermalux (U.S. Gypsum) · Thermo-board (Philip Carey) · Timbertex (Ruberoid) · Tip Top (Ambler Asbestos Shingle & Sheathing Company) · Top Notch (Lehon) · Trafford Tile (Keasbey & Mattison) · Tri-Tone (Philip Carey) · Triple A (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Triple Aaa Hip & Ridge Shingles (Atlantic Asphalt & Asbestos) · Turnall "Colourgaze" (Atlas Asbestos) · Turnall (Turners Asbestos) · Turnall Granitone (Turners Asbestos) · Turnall Weatherall (Turners Asbestos Cement Co. Ltd. (Turner & Newall)) · Turnall Weatherall (Turners Asbestos Cement) · 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
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 120. Not yet published in our library.
- Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for TRANSITE Acoustical Panel (steam cure) (January 18, 1980), p. 1.
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