Was Air asbestos documented in litigation?

Air is documented in public asbestos litigation records as a manufacturer whose products contained asbestos during the mid-twentieth century. Workers in industrial facilities, power plants, refineries, shipyards, and commercial construction who handled or worked near these products may have experienced occupational exposure.

Which trades had the most exposure?

Pipe coverers and insulators, pipefitters, boilermakers, millwrights, and maintenance workers are among the trades most frequently documented in asbestos exposure claims. Workers who cut, fitted, or removed asbestos-containing products — and those working in close proximity during that work — typically had the highest fiber concentrations.

How long do workers have to file an asbestos claim?

Statutes of limitations for asbestos personal injury claims vary by state, typically ranging from one to five years from the date of an asbestos-related diagnosis. The clock generally starts at diagnosis, not exposure — mesothelioma can have a latency period of 20 to 50 years. An asbestos attorney can identify the deadlines that apply to your specific situation.

Can workers file claims related to Air asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Air products may pursue claims through civil litigation. An experienced asbestos attorney can assess available defendants, applicable trust funds from co-defendants, and the states where claims can be filed most effectively.

Can family members file secondary exposure claims?

Spouses, children, and household members who developed asbestos-related disease through contact with contaminated work clothing brought home by an exposed worker may be eligible for secondary (household) exposure claims. Wrongful-death claims can also be filed by surviving family members of workers who died from asbestos-related disease.

Industrial-Chemicals

Air Products & Chemicals Industrial Gas, Air Separation, and Specialty Chemical Plants

⚖ Litigation Record1940-1990s (asbestos era)Asbestos pipe covering on cryogenic and steam piping, asbestos block insulation on air-separation cold boxes and process equipment, asbestos gaskets and packing on process piping, asbestos refractory in hydrogen reformers and steam-methane reforming furnaces

Overview Product Facts Trades

Litigation Record: Information below reflects allegations in publicly filed asbestos litigation — plaintiff allegations, not findings of fact.

Premises Description

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (founded 1940 in Detroit, headquartered since 1962 in Allentown PA — Trexlertown campus) is one of the largest U.S. industrial gas producers, supplying oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, and specialty gases to refineries, steel mills, chemical plants, and semiconductor fabs. Air Products’ asbestos-era U.S. footprint included:

Allentown / Trexlertown PA — corporate headquarters and R&D
Houston TX — industrial gas and hydrogen operations for the Gulf Coast refinery and petrochemical complex
Baton Rouge / New Orleans LA — hydrogen and industrial gas supply along the Mississippi River corridor
Pace FL / Pensacola FL — industrial gas
Wichita KS — industrial gas and specialty
Los Angeles / Long Beach CA — Gulf Coast and West Coast industrial gas
Dozens of on-site air-separation units co-located at customer steel mills, refineries, and chemical plants

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Air Products & Chemicals — as premises owner — exposed its plant workforce and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and millwrights to asbestos pipe covering on cryogenic and steam piping, block insulation on cold boxes and process equipment, gasketing and packing on process piping, and refractory in hydrogen reformers through the asbestos era.

Air Products & Chemicals has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

USW / OCAW industrial gas workers at Air Products air-separation and hydrogen plants
Pipefitters (UA Local members) on Air Products capital projects and turnarounds
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on cryogenic and steam-piping insulation
Boilermakers (IBB Local members) on hydrogen reformers and pressure vessels
Millwrights (Carpenters / UBC) on compressor and cold-box installation
Contractor construction trades on Air Products on-site plant projects at customer refineries, steel mills, and chemical plants

If You Worked at an Air Products Plant

If you worked at an Air Products & Chemicals industrial gas, air-separation, or hydrogen plant during the asbestos era — as an Air Products employee or as a dispatched contractor trade worker — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness, you may have legal rights.

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Product Facts

Trade NameAir Products & Chemicals Industrial Gas, Air Separation, and Specialty Chemical Plants

Years Produced1940-1990s (asbestos era)

Asbestos ContentAsbestos pipe covering on cryogenic and steam piping, asbestos block insulation on air-separation cold boxes and process equipment, asbestos gaskets and packing on process piping, asbestos refractory in hydrogen reformers and steam-methane reforming furnaces

CategoryIndustrial-Chemicals Gaskets-Packing

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Chemical workersInsulatorsPipefittersBoilermakersMillwrights

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