16 results for “General Electric”
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Asbestos Exposure in Electricians and Electrical Workers
…decision. What can an electrician's case recover from? Usually several sources at once: the bankruptcy trusts of asbestos makers like Manville and Owens-Corning; lawsuits against still-solvent manufacturers like General Electric and the plant…
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Asbestos Exposure in Flooring Installers
…000,000 sq ft Washington, D.C. Kentile Asbestos, Sept. 1949 by 1949 General Electric Electronic building, about 1,000,000 sq ft Syracuse Kentile Asbestos, Sept. 1949 by 1949 9,000 homes, "Kentile in every…
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Asbestos Exposure in Carpenters and Construction Workers
If you worked as a carpenter, construction laborer, or in the general building trades — or if someone in your family did — and a mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis, or other asbestos diagnosis has now come in, this…
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Asbestos Exposure in Auto Mechanics and Brake Workers
…Inc. St. Louis, Mo. 1928 Separate brake building with an electric tester and a brake drum machine; shown as a J-M "Class A" brake station J-M Circle, Aug. 1928 Marks Battery and Tire Co…
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Asbestos Exposure in Boilermakers
…Materials Co. Asbestos, Sept. 1936 Cahokia power plant, Union Electric, St. Louis (five new boilers) 1938 J-M 85% Magnesia and Superex on water walls, tube headers and recirculating tubes J-M contract department Asbestos, Dec…
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Asbestos Exposure in HVAC, Refrigeration, and Appliance Workers
…J. Bartells Co. Asbestos, Mar. 1948 Appliances In 1920 the magazine wrote that "hundreds of electrical appliances use Asbestos in one form or another" (Asbestos, Feb. 1920). After the war, appliance makers stepped up output of…
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Asbestos Exposure in Welders
…and feet from sparks (Asbestos, May 1920). In 1926 an electrical engineer described plant repairs in which "Asbestos brick was broken up and the fibre packed around the openings" before welding. He called such uses "typical…
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Asbestos Exposure in Millwrights, Machinists, and Industrial Mechanics
…there suggested "metallic packing" for a paper machine feed box (J-M Circle, July 1929). In 1968 the manager of J-M's Transite pipe plant at Manville described a maintenance staff of electricians, millwrights, pipefitters…
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painters | Mesothelioma Claims
…use was to keep paint from settling hard in the can (Asbestos, July 1920). It had "won general favor" in prepared paints of all types. High-grade paint formulas averaged "about fifteen per cent" of what…
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Asbestos Exposure in Bystander and Proximity Workers
…a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early. This example is general. Every case depends on the…
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Asbestos Exposure in Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters
…a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early. This example is general. Every case depends on the…
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Asbestos Exposure in Insulators and Insulation Workers
…a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early. This example is general. Every case depends on the…
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Asbestos Exposure in Oil and Gas Drilling Crews
…a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early. This example is general. Every case depends on the…
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Asbestos Exposure in Pipefitters and Plumbers
…covering came through the pipe trades In the 1920s the magazine kept telling contractors that their business came through steamfitters and plumbers. Pipe covering work was with "owners, general contractors, steam fitters and plumbers" (Asbestos, Dec…
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Asbestos Exposure in Refractory Bricklayers
…a CT scan if needed; it looks for asbestos-related changes in the lungs and isn't a diagnosis or a reliable way to find mesothelioma early. This example is general. Every case depends on the…
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Asbestos Exposure in Roofers
…case, though, because it decides which general contractors and building owners can be named as premises defendants alongside the product makers, and whether a federal benefit channel comes into play. Most roofing exposure happened in construction…