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Did you work with Glastic Polyester and Alkyd Glass Asbestos-Filled Compounds for Circuit Breakers and Brush-Stud Applications? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Glastic Polyester and Alkyd Glass Asbestos-Filled Compounds for Circuit Breakers and Brush-Stud Applications, sold from around the 1940s until the 1980s. Glastic Corporation (Cleveland OH) manufactured polyester-glass and alkyd-glass molding compounds for circuit-breaker, brush-stud, and electrical-insulation applications. DuBois documents Glastic as a primary supplier whose 'Glastic sheets filled many markets in the circuit-breaker field.' Plaintiffs allege Glastic compounds contained asbestos reinforcement. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos roving and asbestos fiber reinforcement in polyester-glass and alkyd-glass molding compounds. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Electrical workers, Switchgear technicians, Circuit-breaker plant workers, and Phenolic-compound molders. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Glastic Polyester and Alkyd Glass Asbestos-Filled Compounds for Circuit Breakers and Brush-Stud Applications 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
Glastic Corporation (Cleveland Ohio — today part of Bay Plastics / Glastic Composites) manufactured through the asbestos era specialty polyester-glass and alkyd-glass molding compounds and reinforced plastic sheets for circuit-breaker, brush-stud, switchgear, and electrical-insulation applications. The DuBois “Plastics History U.S.A.” (1972) volume specifically documents Glastic Corporation as a primary U.S. supplier whose sheets and compounds “filled many markets in the circuit-breaker field that had been served previously by other laminates, the ceramics, ceramoplastics, and cold-mold products” through the post-WWII era.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Glastic polyester-glass and alkyd-glass compounds and reinforced sheets contained asbestos roving and asbestos fiber reinforcement as a thermal stability and arc-tracking enhancement through the documented production era.
Glastic Corporation has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Electrical workers (IBEW Local members) servicing Glastic-compound circuit breakers and switchgear
- Switchgear and circuit-breaker plant technicians at Westinghouse, GE, Square D, Cutler-Hammer using Glastic
- Phenolic-compound molders at downstream molding shops
- Brush-stud manufacturing workers at downstream electrical assembly plants
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