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Did you work with Carborundum Grinding Wheels, Cut-Off Wheels, Refractory Products, Industrial Abrasives? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Carborundum Grinding Wheels, Cut-Off Wheels, Refractory Products, Industrial Abrasives, sold from around 1891 until the 1980s. Carborundum Company (Niagara Falls NY) was a leading U.S. manufacturer of bonded abrasive grinding wheels, cut-off wheels, refractory products, and industrial abrasives. Plaintiffs allege Carborundum bonded abrasive products contained asbestos in the binder system and that refractory products contained asbestos as a binder additive. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos fiber in bonded abrasive grinding wheels and refractory products through the documented era. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Industrial workers, Foundry workers, Steel mill workers, and Shop machinists. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Carborundum Grinding Wheels, Cut-Off Wheels, Refractory Products, Industrial Abrasives 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
The Carborundum Company (Niagara Falls, New York — founded 1891 by Edward Goodrich Acheson; today part of Saint-Gobain along with Norton Company) was through the 20th century one of the principal U.S. manufacturers of silicon-carbide bonded abrasive grinding wheels, cut-off wheels, industrial abrasive products, and silicon-carbide refractory products. Carborundum products were specified across U.S. industry — foundries, steel mills, shipyards, refineries, manufacturing plants, machine shops, and railroad shops — for stock-removal, metal-finishing, and high-temperature refractory applications.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Carborundum bonded abrasive grinding wheels and silicon-carbide refractory products contained asbestos fiber as a binder additive through the documented era and that workers who used Carborundum grinding wheels, cut-off wheels, or worked with Carborundum refractory products were exposed to airborne asbestos fibers.
Carborundum Company has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Foundry workers (cleaning room, fettling, weld dressing)
- Steel mill workers (finishing, weld dressing)
- Shipyard grinders and welders
- Industrial machine-shop machinists
- Refinery and petrochemical pipefitters (weld preparation)
- Refractory installers working Carborundum silicon-carbide refractory