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Did you work with Norton Company? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Norton Company, sold from the 1940s until the 1980s. Plaintiffs allegedly encountered asbestos-refractory Norton NORzide throat pieces and asbestos-refractory port neck blocks supplied by Norton Company for regenerative glass melter tanks. Plaintiffs allegedly encountered asbestos-bonded Norton NORzide throat pieces at the glass tank melter-refiner interface and asbestos-refractory port neck blocks in regenerative glass tank port structures; refractory bricklayers, glass tank furnace operators, and millwrights allegedly disturbed these materials during tank builds, port repairs, and full regenerator rebuilds. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Glass plant refractory bricklayers (glass tank rebuilds, throat repair), Glass tank furnace operators and hot-end supervisors, Glass plant millwrights and mechanical maintenance, and Batch-house and cullet-house workers. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Norton Company 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 Norton Company — a major U.S. abrasives and refractories manufacturer — allegedly supplied Norton NORzide branded refractory throat pieces at the melter-refiner interface of glass tanks and asbestos-refractory port neck blocks in the port structure of regenerative glass melting furnaces.
According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, Norton NORzide throat pieces allegedly served the high-erosion choke zone between melter and refiner, and the port neck blocks allegedly formed the geometry of the fuel/air port throats routing regenerator flow into the melt chamber. Bonding, joint mortar, and back-up refractory around these Norton-supplied shapes allegedly contained asbestos and were allegedly disturbed during tank builds, hot patches, and cold rebuilds of the regenerator/port structure on the 3-8 year glass tank service cycle.
Workers Exposed
- Refractory bricklayers rebuilding melter throats, ports, and regenerator crowns
- Glass tank furnace operators and hot-end supervisors monitoring throat and port condition
- Glass plant millwrights and mechanical maintenance during rebuild campaigns
- Batch-house and cullet-house workers moving through the hot end during rebuilds
- Glass plant machine operators (IS bottle machines, tank fillers) downstream on the forming line
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