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Did you work with York Chillers, Refrigeration Compressors, Air Handlers, Industrial Refrigeration? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. York Chillers, Refrigeration Compressors, Air Handlers, Industrial Refrigeration, sold from around 1874 until the 1980s. York International (York, PA) was a leading U.S. manufacturer of commercial chillers, industrial refrigeration systems, and HVAC equipment. Plaintiffs allege York equipment shipped with asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and refrigeration-cork composites. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, this product allegedly contained the following: asbestos pipe insulation, asbestos gaskets, asbestos motor insulation, asbestos cork composite refrigeration insulation. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included HVAC mechanics, Refrigeration mechanics, Pipefitters, and Building maintenance. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around York Chillers, Refrigeration Compressors, Air Handlers, Industrial Refrigeration 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
York International Corporation (York, Pennsylvania — historically York Manufacturing Company / York Shipley / York Heating & Air Conditioning; today part of Johnson Controls) was through the 20th century a leading U.S. manufacturer of commercial chillers, industrial refrigeration compressors and systems, central-station air handlers, rooftop HVAC packages, and integrated commercial and industrial cooling installations. York equipment was specified across commercial buildings, food-processing plants, cold-storage warehouses, dairy and brewery refrigeration, ice rinks, and ammonia industrial refrigeration installations.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that York chillers, refrigeration compressors, and HVAC equipment were specified with asbestos-containing materials including pipe insulation, casing gaskets, motor insulation, and asbestos-cork composite refrigeration insulation for low-temperature applications.
York International has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- HVAC service mechanics and technicians
- Industrial refrigeration mechanics (cold-storage, food processing, dairies, breweries)
- Pipefitters working ammonia refrigeration systems
- Ice-rink and arena building-maintenance workers
- Commercial-building stationary engineers