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Did you work with Goss Newspaper Web Offset Presses? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Goss Newspaper Web Offset Presses, sold from the 1880s until the 1980s (asbestos era). Goss International (and predecessor Goss Printing Press Company) was the dominant U.S. manufacturer of large newspaper web offset presses. Plaintiffs allege Goss webs shipped with asbestos-insulated drying ovens, heated-roller gaskets, and motor insulation. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: drying-oven block and paper insulation, electrical wire insulation, heated-roller gaskets. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Newspaper web-press operators, Press-plant machinists, and Industrial electricians. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Goss Newspaper Web Offset Presses 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
Goss International Corporation (and the predecessor Goss Printing Press Company of Chicago, founded 1885) was the dominant U.S. manufacturer of large newspaper web offset presses through the asbestos era. Goss web presses ran in virtually every major U.S. daily newspaper plant — multi-unit, multi-story machines processing newsprint webs at thousands of feet per minute, with in-line drying ovens, ink-temperature control systems, and heated impression cylinders.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Goss newspaper web presses were specified with asbestos-containing materials:
- Heat-set drying ovens with asbestos block and paper insulation
- Heated-roller gasket material
- Electrical wire insulation on press motors, drives, and control panels
- Steam-piping insulation on plant utility connections
Goss International (and predecessor Goss Printing Press Company) has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Newspaper web-press operators and pressmen
- Press-plant machinists servicing dryers and motors
- Newspaper-plant electricians
- Newspaper-plant pipefitters on steam and ink-heating systems
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