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Did you work with Johns-Manville Cerawool Ceramic Fiber Blanket? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Johns-Manville Cerawool Ceramic Fiber Blanket, sold from the 1960s until the 1970s. It and companion high-temperature insulations were allegedly tied to asbestos-fiber exposure on industrial furnace and boiler shutdowns, according to publicly filed asbestos litigation records. Johns-Manville Cerawool refractory blanket products and companion Johns-Manville high-temperature insulations allegedly involved asbestos-fiber exposure during production, installation, and tear-out on industrial furnaces and boilers, per publicly filed asbestos litigation records. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Ceramic fiber installers, Refractory masons, and Industrial insulators. Claims involving this manufacturer are handled through the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust — an experienced asbestos attorney can determine whether you qualify. If you worked with or around Johns-Manville Cerawool Ceramic Fiber Blanket 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
Johns-Manville marketed Cerawool as a refractory ceramic fiber blanket for lining industrial furnaces, kilns, boilers, and heat-treat equipment. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, Cerawool was sold alongside — and often installed together with — Johns-Manville asbestos-containing hot-face refractories, block insulation, and pipe covering, all of which allegedly generated respirable fibers during cutting, layering, wiring in place, and tear-out. Workers allegedly handled Cerawool blanket next to legacy asbestos linings during rebuilds, so shutdown dust clouds allegedly contained both fiber types.
Johns-Manville’s asbestos liabilities are administered by the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust, one of the earliest and largest asbestos trusts.
Workers Exposed
Ceramic fiber installers, refractory masons, and industrial insulators allegedly cut Cerawool to size, stacked it against hot-face brick, and pinned it with anchor studs on furnace crowns and boiler walls. Furnace-relining crews, boiler-refractory installers, and kiln shutdown contractors allegedly tore out prior asbestos linings before laying in the new blanket, allegedly encountering airborne asbestos during the demolition phase.