Grosscell was a Philip Carey pipe covering and block insulation.1 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Grosscell pipecover and block under Philip Carey as made from 1935 to 1960, with 60 in the column read as percent asbestos.1
The Celotex Corporation, which names Philip Carey Corporation and the Philip Carey Manufacturing Company as its predecessors, reported on Philip Carey's products in a 1990 EPA notice that published what companies told the agency.2 It names "Glosscell" among seven "Paper Pipe Products," along with Aircel, Careycel, Carocel, Defendex, Excel and Multi-Ply.2 Celotex says that group was produced from 1906 to "the early 1970's" and contained approximately 60% asbestos, 25% organic fiber and 15% silicate.2 Those are figures for the whole group, not for Grosscell alone.2
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What each document says
Every statement about Grosscell (Philip Carey) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1906 to the early 1970's”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Made until: “produced 1906 to the early 1970's”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Form: “Paper Pipe Products”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Ingredient: “25% organic fiber, 15% silicate”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Asbestos content: “approximately 60% asbestos”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
Kind of product
We list Grosscell (Philip Carey) with pipe covering and block insulation 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.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Philip Carey (26)
Careytemp · Careycel · 19 Hitemp · Aircel · 85 Magnesia · Carey Cal-silicate · Careytemp 2000 · Carocel · Defendex · Dual Careytemp · Excel · Fireguard Jacketing · Hightemp #12 · Hightemp #15 · Impervo · Insulation Seal 820 · Lennolite · Multi-Ply · Precision-molded · Super-light · and 6 more on the company's page
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (250)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestocel (Johns-Manville) · Firetard (Johns-Manville) · Flexible Trainline (CertainTeed) · Flexible Trainline Pipe (CertainTeed) · Frostproof (Keene/Ehret) · Gaf Hylo (GAF) · Glasweld (United States Plywood) · Griptex (Combustion Engineering) · High Temperature Insulation (Johns-Manville) · HT (Forty-Eight Insulations) · Hy Temp (Keasbey & Mattison) · Hy-temp (Nicolet) · Hylo (Eagle-Picher) · Imperial (GAF) · Imperial Pipe Covering (Ruberoid) · Indented (Johns-Manville) · and 230 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other paper, felt and millboard by Philip Carey (31)
Aircel · Excel · Carey Duct · Defendex · Fireclad · Carocel · Double Sanded Asbestos · Fiberock · Fiberock Asbestos Felt · Fiberock Cap Sheet · Fireguard · Fireguard Jacketing · No. 15 Fiberock · No. 15 Tar Fiberock · No. 30 Fiberock · No. 35 Fiberock · No. 45 Fiberock · No. 55 Fiberock · Shake Shield · White Top Asbestos Jacket · and 11 more on the company's page
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (268)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Frost-Proof Pipe Covering (GAF) · Fyrbestos (Keene/Beh) · Fyrex (Grant Wilson) · Gaftemp Roof Insulation (GAF) · Galbestos (H.H. Robertson) · Glas-Bes (Sun Chemical) · Gold-Line (Johns-Manville) · Gum-Bestos Asbestos Paper Tape (Grant Wilson) · Herco (John Herman) · High Strength Fibroid Asbestos Paper (Johns-Manville) · High Temperature Flexible Min-k Blankets (Johns-Manville) · Homart (Sears) · Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) · Hydrocord (Armstrong Cork) · Insubestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · and 248 more: all paper, felt and millboard
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
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 5.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 5.
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