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Did you work with Pratt and Lambert asbestos-fibered industrial rust-inhibitive primer and undercoat (heavy-duty grade)? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Pratt and Lambert asbestos-fibered industrial rust-inhibitive primer and undercoat (heavy-duty grade), sold from the 1950s until the 1970s. Plaintiffs have alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Pratt and Lambert's industrial rust-inhibitive primer and undercoat allegedly contained chrysotile asbestos as a reinforcing filler and allegedly exposed industrial painters, shipyard workers, and structural-steel crews to airborne asbestos during application and recoat prep. Chrysotile asbestos fiber allegedly incorporated as a reinforcing and anti-sag filler in rust-inhibitive industrial primer, released as respirable dust during shipyard, refinery, and structural-steel sanding, wire-brushing, and dry-scrape recoat prep. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Painters, Boilermakers, and Shipyard Workers. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Pratt and Lambert asbestos-fibered industrial rust-inhibitive primer and undercoat (heavy-duty grade) 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
Pratt & Lambert (founded in Buffalo, New York; later part of the Sherwin-Williams family) was allegedly a long-established U.S. supplier of architectural and industrial coatings sold through paint distributors to painting contractors, shipyards, refineries, and structural-steel maintenance accounts. Plaintiffs have alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Pratt & Lambert’s industrial rust-inhibitive primer and heavy-duty undercoat grades allegedly incorporated chrysotile asbestos fiber as a reinforcing and anti-sag additive that improved film thickness and hold-out on hand-tool-cleaned and sandblasted steel.
According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, asbestos-fibered Pratt & Lambert primer was allegedly specified into shipyard blast-and-paint sequences, refinery and chemical-plant maintenance coatings systems, and structural-steel bridge and building coatings from the 1950s through the 1970s.
Workers Exposed
- Industrial painters brush- and spray-applying Pratt & Lambert primer over sandblasted steel
- Boilermakers, ironworkers, and structural-steel crews welding and cutting through primed plate
- Shipyard painters priming hull, deck, and superstructure steel in blast-and-paint bays
- Refinery and chemical-plant maintenance painters spot-priming vessels, piping, and tanks
- Painters’ laborers mixing, thinning, and cleaning primer buckets in enclosed paint shops
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