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Did you work with Azrock Vinyl-Asbestos and Asphalt Floor Tile? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Azrock Vinyl-Asbestos and Asphalt Floor Tile, sold from around 1955 until 1986. Azrock Industries of San Antonio, TX manufactured a major U.S. line of vinyl-asbestos and asphalt floor tile. Plaintiffs allege Azrock tile released chrysotile asbestos during cutting, sanding, scraping, and removal. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: chrysotile asbestos in vinyl-asbestos tile and asphalt tile. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Floor-covering installers, Apartment maintenance workers, and Building maintenance. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Azrock Vinyl-Asbestos and Asphalt Floor Tile and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
Azrock Industries, Inc. (San Antonio, Texas — a subsidiary of Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company) manufactured through the asbestos era a major U.S. line of vinyl-asbestos floor tile and asphalt floor tile widely specified in commercial, institutional, and residential construction. Azrock 9-inch and 12-inch tile was an industry standard alongside Kentile, Armstrong Excelon, Congoleum, and other major lines.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Azrock floor tile contained chrysotile asbestos throughout the documented production era and that workers who installed, sanded, scraped, or removed Azrock floor tile released respirable asbestos fibers as a foreseeable consequence of the product design.
Azrock Industries has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Floor-covering installers
- Apartment and building maintenance workers
- Renovation and demolition contractors
- Construction-trade carpenters and laborers