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Did you work with Cummins NHRT-6 Industrial? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Cummins NHRT-6 Industrial, made by Cummins Engine, sold from the 1950s until the 1980s. It diesel exhaust manifold and turbo-flange gaskets allegedly contained chrysotile asbestos according to publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation. Compressed asbestos-fiber sheet gaskets allegedly used at the exhaust manifold flange, turbocharger mounting flange, and cylinder-head-to-manifold interface of the NHRT-6 inline-six industrial diesel; workers were allegedly exposed when scraping baked-on gasket residue during manifold R&R and top-end rebuilds. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Diesel Mechanic, Marine Engineer, Powerhouse Operator, and Pipefitter. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Cummins NHRT-6 Industrial 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
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that the Cummins Engine Company NHRT-6 inline-six industrial diesel — a workhorse platform installed in stationary generator sets, workboat propulsion, oilfield service rigs, and off-highway equipment from the 1950s through the 1980s — was originally shipped with, and serviced using, compressed asbestos-fiber sheet gaskets at every hot-side sealing interface. Litigation records describe alleged chrysotile-bearing gasket material at the exhaust manifold-to-head flange, at the turbocharger mounting pad, at the intake crossover, and at the water-jacketed exhaust elbow used on marine and generator installations.
Because the NHRT-6 ran at high exhaust-gas temperatures and vibrated at the flange faces, the original gaskets allegedly baked onto the mating surfaces and had to be chiseled, scraped, or wire-wheeled off during every top-end rebuild — the mechanism by which workers allegedly inhaled respirable asbestos fiber released from the aged gasket matrix.
Workers Exposed
- Diesel mechanics rebuilding NHRT-6 top ends in truck shops, generator-service shops, and marine yards
- Marine engineers on tugs, workboats, and small commercial vessels where the NHRT-6 or its close cousins served as main propulsion or ship-service generator prime movers
- Powerhouse and standby-generator operators at hospitals, telecom sites, refineries, and municipal water plants where NHRT-6 gensets provided emergency power
- Oilfield pumpers and rig hands operating and maintaining NHRT-6-powered drilling and workover equipment
- Pipefitters and millwrights removing and reinstalling exhaust piping, turbochargers, and manifolds during scheduled overhauls
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