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Did you work with Federal Pacific Electric Stab-Lok Circuit Breakers, Load Centers, and Industrial Switchgear? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Federal Pacific Electric Stab-Lok Circuit Breakers, Load Centers, and Industrial Switchgear, sold from 1955 until 1990 (FPE era; today distributed across various successors; asbestos era through the 1980s). Federal Pacific Electric Company (FPE) allegedly manufactured Stab-Lok circuit breakers, load centers, and industrial switchgear with asbestos arc-chute components through the asbestos era. FPE Stab-Lok breakers were widely installed in residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Plaintiffs alleged FPE electrical equipment exposed electricians to asbestos. Asbestos arc-chute components allegedly in FPE Stab-Lok circuit breakers and industrial switchgear; asbestos-filled phenolic laminate components. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Industrial electricians, Plant electricians, and Electricians (residential/commercial). Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Federal Pacific Electric Stab-Lok Circuit Breakers, Load Centers, and Industrial Switchgear 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
Federal Pacific Electric Company (FPE — historically headquartered Newark NJ; today distributed across various successors including Reliance Standard and various parts-supply operations) allegedly manufactured through 1955-1990 the Stab-Lok brand of residential and commercial circuit breakers, load centers, industrial switchgear, and motor controls — one of the principal U.S. residential and commercial electrical panel installations of the late-20th-century construction era.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that FPE Stab-Lok circuit breakers, load centers, and industrial switchgear were specified through the asbestos era with asbestos arc-chute components and asbestos-filled phenolic laminate components — and that electricians and electrical service workers who serviced FPE Stab-Lok equipment during the documented era were exposed to airborne asbestos during arc-chute service and switchgear maintenance.
Federal Pacific Electric has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Electricians (IBEW Local members) servicing FPE Stab-Lok residential and commercial panels
- Industrial electricians working FPE industrial switchgear
- Plant electricians at facilities with FPE installations
- Residential service electricians replacing FPE Stab-Lok breakers
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