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Did you work with Koppers Company coal tar processing and creosote plant asbestos-fabric process piping lagging and asbestos-refractory distillation still lining? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Koppers Company coal tar processing and creosote plant asbestos-fabric process piping lagging and asbestos-refractory distillation still lining, sold from the 1940s until the 1980s. Plaintiffs allegedly worked with or around Koppers Company (Beazer East heritage) coal tar processing and creosote plant asbestos-fabric piping lagging and asbestos-refractory distillation still linings. Allegedly asbestos-fabric lagging on coal tar and creosote process piping and asbestos-refractory linings inside distillation stills — released fiber during hot-work tie-ins, refractory tear-out, and re-lagging by pipefitters, insulators, bricklayers, and coal-tar plant operators. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Refinery insulators, Refinery pipefitters, Refinery bricklayers, and Refinery process operators. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Koppers Company coal tar processing and creosote plant asbestos-fabric process piping lagging and asbestos-refractory distillation still lining 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
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Koppers Company (Beazer East heritage) operated coal tar processing units, creosote plants, and coal chemical distillation facilities that used asbestos-fabric lagging on high-temperature process piping and asbestos-refractory linings inside distillation stills, pitch fractionators, and tar acid stills. The asbestos-fabric piping lagging allegedly held heat on viscous tar and creosote transfer lines to prevent solidification, and the asbestos-refractory still linings allegedly withstood the reducing atmosphere and hydrocarbon vapor of coal tar distillation.
Plaintiffs alleged that these asbestos-containing components remained in service across Koppers coal tar and creosote units from the 1940s through the 1980s, requiring periodic tear-out and replacement by refinery-style trades.
Workers Exposed
Plaintiffs allegedly exposed to Koppers coal tar processing asbestos-containing components include:
- Refinery insulators stripping and re-lagging asbestos-fabric on coal tar and creosote process piping
- Refinery pipefitters and steamfitters tying in tar transfer lines and pitch fractionator overheads
- Refinery bricklayers and refractory masons rebuilding asbestos-refractory distillation still linings
- Coal tar and creosote plant process operators working around still-side hot piping
- Refinery boilermakers and vessel welders on still shell hot-work
- Refinery turnaround (TAR) contractors and shutdown crews
- Refinery millwrights and mechanical maintenance
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