Documents in our library describe Tempcheck (Philip Carey) as “pipe covering, block & cement”.1 They give it as made 1942–1958.1 They put its asbestos content at 20%.1,2 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 Tempcheck (Philip Carey) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Celotex Asbestos Settlement Trust. Free case review.
What each document says
Every statement about Tempcheck (Philip Carey) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Celotex's Answers to Plaintiff's Master Interrogatories in Laird v. Celotex (1984)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Asbestos content: “Tempcheck—20% magnesium plastic, 60% diatomaceous earth, 20% asbestos”, said by The Celotex Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “insulating pipe covering, blocks, & cement” (as of 1953), p. 1163
Kind of product
We list Tempcheck (Philip Carey) with pipe covering and block insulation and insulating cement and coatings, 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, Boilermakers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Philip Carey (26)
Careytemp · Careycel · 19 Hitemp · Aircel · 85 Magnesia · Insulation Seal 820 · Lennolite · Multi-Ply · Precision-molded · Super-light · Super-Light 85% Magnesia · Temp-check · Alltemp · Asbestos Paper · Asbestos Sponge · Carey Cal-silicate · Careytemp 2000 · Carocel · Defendex · Dual Careytemp · 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) · Super Insutape (Unarco) · Super Insutape (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Super Unibestos (Unarco) · Superex 2000 (Johns-Manville) · Superex-1900 (Johns-Manville) · Superex-m (Johns-Manville) · Superex-sg (Johns-Manville) · Therm-o-bestos (Johns-Manville) · Therm-O-Flake (Illinois Clay Products) · Thermalite (Keene) · Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Thermasil (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Thermasil (Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co.) · Thermasil (Keene) · and 230 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other insulating cement and coatings by Philip Carey (26)
100 · 707 · 19 Vitircel · 303 · 7M · LF 20 · MW 1 · Mw-40 · Mw-50 · Super 606 · Super-light · Super-Light Cement · Vitricel · Vitricel 10 · 303 Asbestos Cement · 707 Insulating Cement · 85 Magnesia · A-1 · A101 · Alumino-Hi-Temp · and 6 more on the company's page
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (298)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Super Stic-tite (Combustion Engineering) · Superex Cement (Johns-Manville) · Superex Cement for Navy (Johns-Manville) · Superex-m (Johns-Manville) · Swetcheck (Eagle-Picher) · T-60 (Combustion Engineering) · Temp-Sure I-c 250 (Insul-Coustic) · Thermalcoat (M. H. Detrick) · Thermalite (Keene) · Thermalite 85% Magnesia (Baldwin-Ehret-Hill) · Thermalkote (Flintkote) · Thermasil (Keene) · Thermobestos Cement (Johns-Manville) · Thermokote (Ryden Industries) · Thermomix 700 (Johns-Manville) · and 278 more: all insulating cement and coatings
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
- Celotex's Answers to Plaintiff's Master Interrogatories in Laird v. Celotex (January 1, 1984), p. 41.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 5.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 116. Not yet published in our library.
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