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Did you work with Whitin Machine Works textile loom brake linings, card-room roll asbestos wrapping, and asbestos-packed bearing seals (Whitinsville MA)? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Whitin Machine Works textile loom brake linings, card-room roll asbestos wrapping, and asbestos-packed bearing seals (Whitinsville MA), sold from the 1900s until the 1960s. Plaintiffs have allegedly identified Whitin Machine Works textile loom brake linings, card-room roll wrapping, and packed bearing seals as asbestos exposure sources in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation. Allegedly asbestos-composite brake linings on loom brake drums, asbestos-fabric wrapping on carding-machine rolls, and braided asbestos rope compression packing at spinning-frame bearing shaft seals; card-room operators, weavers, and mill millwrights were allegedly exposed to airborne asbestos when relining brakes, replacing card-roll wraps, and repacking bearings. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Textile mill weavers and loom fixers, Card-room and spinning-room operators, and Textile mill millwrights and mechanical maintenance. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Whitin Machine Works textile loom brake linings, card-room roll asbestos wrapping, and asbestos-packed bearing seals (Whitinsville MA) 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
Whitin Machine Works of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, was — alongside Saco Lowell and Draper — one of the three dominant U.S. builders of cotton textile machinery through the first three-quarters of the twentieth century. Plaintiffs have alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Whitin looms, cards, and spinning frames were manufactured with three distinct asbestos-containing components: asbestos-composite friction linings on loom brake drums, asbestos-fabric wraps on carding-machine rolls, and braided asbestos rope compression packing at bearing shaft seals throughout the drive train.
According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, the asbestos pathway on Whitin card-room equipment allegedly included cloth wrapping on the rolls themselves — used as an interliner between the roll shell and the card clothing — which allegedly released respirable fibers when stripped off during periodic re-carding.
Workers Exposed
Plaintiffs allegedly identified as exposed to Whitin textile machinery asbestos in publicly filed litigation include:
- Card-room and spinning-room operators allegedly exposed to airborne fibers from card-roll asbestos wrapping during clothing changes and roll stripping
- Textile mill weavers and loom fixers allegedly exposed while relining Whitin loom brake shoes and clearing brake-dust accumulation from housings
- Textile mill millwrights and mechanical maintenance allegedly exposed while repacking bearing shaft seals, cutting braided asbestos rope to length, and rewrapping card rolls
- Textile mill electricians (drives, motors) allegedly exposed while servicing drive motors mounted within the same enclosures as the asbestos friction and packing components
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