Documents in our library describe Fire-chex 325 (Philip Carey) as “shingle”.1 They give it as sold from 1949.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Pictures
How Fire-chex 325 (Philip Carey) looked: a label, photograph or catalog page from our library. Each picture has its own page and library number, so it can be cited on its own.
Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Fire-chex 325 (Philip Carey) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
Label: Fire-Chex 325 asbestos plastic shingles with Sta-Seal tabs (Philip Carey Manufacturing Co.), Image
Kind of product
We list Fire-chex 325 (Philip Carey) 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, Roofers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Philip Carey (26)
Careytemp · Careycel · Aircel · Careystone · Thermo-board · Asbestos Rollboard · Carey · Careybesto-Board · Careyflex · Careysote · Careystone Colonial Clapboard Siding · Coverall Board · Firefoil · Formboard · Industrial A-c Board · Marine Panel · No. 1 Hard · Roll Board · Rustic Shakes · Shake Shield · and 6 more on the company's page
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (357)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Face Span (Johns-Manville) · Facespan (Johns-Manville) · Ferobestos (J. W. Roberts Ltd (Turner & Newall)) · Fiber-Shake (Supradur) · Fiber-Shake Sidewall Shingle (Supradur) · Fine Corrugated Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Flat Transite (Johns-Manville) · Flexite (Johns-Manville) · Flintite (Flintkote) · Flintite (Orangeburg) · Fluid-Tite (CertainTeed) · Fluid-Tite (Keasbey & Mattison) · Follansbee Terne (Follansbee Steel) · Frycor (Owens-Corning) · and 337 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Philip Carey: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Philip Carey 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. 77. Not yet published in our library.
- Label: Fire-Chex 325 asbestos plastic shingles with Sta-Seal tabs (Philip Carey Manufacturing Co.), Image.
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