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Mono-block (Keene)

Mono-Block was a block insulation that later came under Keene.1,2 Keene's report published by the EPA in 1990 says it was produced from 1941 to 1968 by companies the report abbreviates as "B–H and BEH," and calls it a lightweight, moisture-resistant, non-corrosive, incombustible and chemically stable insulation product.2 Keene says Mono-Block contained 0.95% amosite asbestos, which was removed in 1968.2

An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Mono-Block under Keene as made from 1940 to 1968, with Baldwin-Ehret-Hill in its note column.1 It gives 5 in the column read as percent asbestos, where Keene's report gives 0.95%.1,2

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How Mono-block (Keene) looked: labels, photographs and catalog pages from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.

What each document says

Every statement about Mono-block (Keene) in the documents, in each document's own words.

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “40”, p. 61
  • Description: “BALDWIN-EHRET-HILL”, p. 61
  • Form: “BLOCK”, p. 61
  • Made until: “68”, p. 61
  • Asbestos content: “5”, p. 61

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Made from: “produced 1941 to 1968 by B–H and BEH”, said by Keene Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 112
  • Change: “which amount was removed in 1968”, said by Keene Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 112
  • Made until: “produced 1941 to 1968 by B–H and BEH”, said by Keene Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 112
  • Asbestos fiber: “0.95% amosite asbestos”, said by Keene Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 112
  • Description: “a lightweight, moisture-resistant, non-corrosive, incombustible and chemically stable insulation product”, said by Keene Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 112
  • Asbestos content: “0.95% amosite asbestos”, said by Keene Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 112

Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981

  • Made from: “40”, p. 223
  • Form: “PIPECOVER,BLOCK”, p. 223
  • Made until: “68”, p. 223
  • Asbestos content: “5”, p. 223
  • Description: “BALDWIN-EHRET-HILL”, p. 223

Insulating finishing cements (US Patent 2,574,843, 1951)

  • Description: “a well known rock wool insulation block manufactured by Baldwin-Hill Company of Trenton, New Jersey”, p. 14

Kind of product

We list Mono-block (Keene) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.

Other pipe covering and block insulation by Keene (4)

Thermasil · Enduro · Thermalite · Alba-cel

Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (272)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · LT (Armstrong Cork) · MA (Riva & Mariani) · Magno (Johns-Manville) · Marinite (Johns-Manville) · Min-k 1301 (Johns-Manville) · Min-k 2000 (Johns-Manville) · Min-k 500 (Johns-Manville) · Monoblock (maker not given) · Multi-Ply (Philip Carey) · Multicell (Nicolet) · Mundet (Mundet Cork) · National (U.S. Gypsum) · National Anti-sweat (U.S. Gypsum) · National Neverfreeze (U.S. Gypsum) · National Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) · and 252 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

See also

  • Keene: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
  • Keene on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources

References

  1. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 6.
  2. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 11.
  3. Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 22.
  4. Insulating finishing cements (US Patent 2,574,843, 1951) (November 13, 1951), p. 1.

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