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Did you work with Owens-Illinois Individual Section (IS) bottle-forming machine asbestos-fabric mold heat insulation and asbestos-block plunger-side lagging for glass container manufacturing? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Owens-Illinois Individual Section (IS) bottle-forming machine asbestos-fabric mold heat insulation and asbestos-block plunger-side lagging for glass container manufacturing, sold from the 1930s until the 1980s. Plaintiffs allegedly encountered asbestos-fabric mold heat insulation and asbestos-block plunger-side lagging on Owens-Illinois IS bottle-forming machines used in glass container manufacturing. Plaintiffs allegedly encountered asbestos-fabric insulation wrapped around IS machine mold assemblies and asbestos-block lagging around the plunger-side mechanism carrying molten glass gobs into blank molds; glass plant machine operators, millwrights, and refractory bricklayers allegedly disturbed these materials during mold changes, plunger service, and hot-end maintenance. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Glass plant machine operators (IS bottle machines, tank fillers), Glass plant millwrights and mechanical maintenance, Glass plant refractory bricklayers (glass tank rebuilds, throat repair), and Glass tank furnace operators and hot-end supervisors. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Owens-Illinois Individual Section (IS) bottle-forming machine asbestos-fabric mold heat insulation and asbestos-block plunger-side lagging for glass container manufacturing 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 Owens-Illinois Individual Section (IS) bottle-forming machines — the dominant American glass container forming platform — allegedly incorporated asbestos-fabric insulation wrapped around the blank-mold and blow-mold assemblies and asbestos-block lagging on the plunger-side mechanism that pressed molten glass gobs into the initial parison.
According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, the fabric mold insulation allegedly maintained mold face temperature during high-cycle operation on the hot-end of the container line, and the plunger-side block lagging allegedly shielded the mechanical drive components from radiant heat off the gob delivery path. Both applications allegedly frayed, cracked, and released fiber during mold swap-outs, plunger rebuilds, and routine hot-end maintenance in the forming department.
Workers Exposed
- Glass plant machine operators tending IS section sets, mold cooling, and gob timing
- Glass plant millwrights and mechanical maintenance rebuilding sections and plungers
- Refractory bricklayers moving between the tank hot-end and forming machine area
- Glass tank furnace operators and hot-end supervisors coordinating the melt-to-forming path
- Batch-house and cullet-house workers moving through the forming area
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