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Did you work with Colt Industries? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Colt Industries, made by Colt Fairbanks Morse, sold from 1893 until present (Fairbanks Morse; Colt Industries 1964 until 1988; asbestos era through the 1980s). It (parent of Fairbanks Morse Engine, Fairbanks Morse Pump, Central Foundry, and other diversified operations) manufactured marine diesel engines, locomotive diesels, pumps, and motors used extensively in U.S. Navy service, commercial marine, U.S. railroad diesel-electric locomotives, and industrial applications. Plaintiffs allege Fairbanks Morse equipment specified extensive asbestos. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos engine-room and exhaust insulation; asbestos gaskets and packing; asbestos electrical insulation; asbestos-insulated locomotive components. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Marine machinists, Navy machinist mates, Locomotive engineers, and Plant millwrights. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Colt Industries 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
Colt Industries Inc. (formed 1964 by the merger of Fairbanks Morse & Company — founded 1893 — with Penn-Texas Corporation; ultimately restructured 1988; today Fairbanks Morse operates as an independent company) was through the 1960s-1980s a diversified U.S. industrial conglomerate whose most-litigated asbestos-era product lines were:
- Fairbanks Morse Engine (Beloit WI) — opposed-piston diesel engines for U.S. Navy submarines (WWII fleet subs, later diesel-electric propulsion), commercial marine, and industrial power generation
- Fairbanks Morse locomotive diesels — the historic Fairbanks Morse H-line and Trainmaster diesel-electric locomotives built through the 1950s
- Fairbanks Morse Pump (Kansas City KS) — vertical turbine pumps, fire pumps, industrial centrifugal pumps
- Fairbanks Morse Motors and Weighing Systems — industrial motors and scales
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Colt Industries / Fairbanks Morse equipment was specified through the asbestos era with:
- Asbestos engine-room and exhaust manifold insulation on FM opposed-piston diesel engines
- Asbestos gaskets and packing at engine and pump connections
- Asbestos electrical insulation on FM motor and generator wiring
- Asbestos engine-compartment insulation on FM diesel-electric locomotives
- Asbestos pump packing at Fairbanks Morse pump stuffing boxes
Colt Industries / Fairbanks Morse has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Navy machinist mates on WWII fleet submarines and post-war Navy vessels with FM engines
- Marine machinists working FM engines aboard commercial vessels
- Locomotive engineers, firemen, and shop machinists working FM diesel-electric locomotives
- Plant millwrights and pump-shop technicians servicing FM pumps
- Industrial-plant electricians working FM motors and generators
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