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Did you work with FMC Retort Cooker Lagging, Gaskets, and Steam Piping Insulation? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. FMC Retort Cooker Lagging, Gaskets, and Steam Piping Insulation, sold from the 1940s until the 1980s. Allegedly asbestos-fabric lagging and asbestos-containing door gaskets on FMC Corporation food-machinery retort cookers exposed cannery workers and pipefitters during retort door service, insulation rework, and steam-line maintenance, according to publicly filed asbestos litigation records. Allegedly asbestos-fabric lagging, asbestos-containing gaskets on retort doors, and asbestos steam-piping insulation on FMC continuous and batch retort cookers used in commercial canneries. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Cannery workers, Food-plant pipefitters, Food-plant boilermakers, and Food-plant maintenance mechanics. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around FMC Retort Cooker Lagging, Gaskets, and Steam Piping Insulation 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
FMC Corporation’s food-machinery division supplied continuous rotary retorts, still retorts, and hydrostatic cookers to the U.S. canning industry from the 1940s through the 1980s. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, FMC retort cookers allegedly used asbestos-fabric lagging on cooker shells, asbestos-containing gaskets at retort doors and valve bonnets, and asbestos insulation on the associated saturated-steam supply piping. Door gasket replacement and lagging rework allegedly disturbed the asbestos components on scheduled service intervals.
Workers Exposed
Cannery workers, food-plant pipefitters, and boilermakers allegedly serviced FMC retort cookers during heat, cook, and cool cycles and during shutdowns. Door-gasket changeouts, valve repacking, and lagging rework allegedly released respirable fiber into the cook room. Maintenance mechanics and steam-line insulators servicing supply piping to the retorts allegedly shared the same exposure zones.
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