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Did you work with Square D Model 6 MCC Bus Bar Supports and Barriers? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Square D Model 6 MCC Bus Bar Supports and Barriers, sold from the 1950s until the 1980s. Allegedly asbestos-containing bus bar supports, interphase barriers, and arc-chute plates inside Square D Model 6 (and predecessor Model 4/5) motor control centers, according to publicly filed asbestos litigation records. Allegedly molded chrysotile-phenolic bus bar supports, asbestos fabric interphase barriers, and arc-chute plates in Model 4 / Model 5 / Model 6 MCCs. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Motor control center technicians, Industrial electricians (IBEW), Plant electricians, and Industrial maintenance electricians. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Square D Model 6 MCC Bus Bar Supports and Barriers 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
The Square D Model 6 motor control center, and its Model 4 and Model 5 predecessors, was one of the most widely installed MCC lineups in North American industry from the 1950s onward. Produced at Square D’s Cedar Rapids IA, Columbia MO, and Lincoln NE plants, the Model 6 assembled plug-in starter “buckets” onto a common vertical bus. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, the horizontal and vertical bus bars were allegedly seated on molded chrysotile-phenolic support blocks, and woven asbestos fabric barriers allegedly separated phase compartments; arc chutes above each contactor allegedly used chrysotile-phenolic plates.
Racking buckets, changing bus supports, and cleaning fault-damaged cubicles allegedly disturbed the asbestos content.
Workers Exposed
- Motor control center technicians pulling and rebuilding Square D buckets
- Industrial electricians (IBEW) commissioning and maintaining Model 6 lineups
- Plant electricians replacing bus supports and interphase barriers
- Industrial maintenance electricians cleaning MCC cubicles after arc-fault events
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