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Did you work with Gardner Denver asbestos-bearing compressors, pumps, blowers, and industrial machinery? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Gardner Denver asbestos-bearing compressors, pumps, blowers, and industrial machinery, sold from around 1859 until late the 1970s (Gardner until Denver asbestos until product era). Gardner Denver Inc. (originally Gardner-Denver Manufacturing) manufactured asbestos-bearing air compressors, vacuum pumps, blowers, drilling equipment, and industrial machinery. Widely installed across U.S. industrial, mining, and military facilities through the asbestos era. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Industrial maintenance mechanics, Pipefitters, and Compressor technicians. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Gardner Denver asbestos-bearing compressors, pumps, blowers, and industrial machinery 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
Gardner Denver Inc. (originally Gardner-Denver Manufacturing Company, founded 1859) is a major U.S. manufacturer of air compressors, vacuum pumps, blowers, drilling equipment, mining equipment, and related industrial machinery. Through the asbestos era, Gardner Denver equipment was installed at virtually every category of U.S. industrial facility — electric utility power plants, petroleum refineries, chemical plants, paper mills, mining operations, steel mills, and the broader U.S. industrial base.
Gardner Denver has been named as a corporate defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation including the publicly filed Missouri OBLF asbestos litigation. case in St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit
Asbestos Content
Plaintiffs alleged that Gardner Denver compressors, pumps, blowers, and industrial machinery incorporated asbestos in:
- Compressor gaskets at flange joints and head connections
- Compressor packing at shaft penetrations
- Asbestos-bearing thermal insulation on hot compressor cylinders and exhaust systems
- Asbestos brake and clutch components in heavy industrial machinery
- Asbestos electrical insulation in motor windings