Product Description
Chicago Pneumatic supplied pneumatic tools and conveying components used at country and terminal grain elevators across the Midwest. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, belt cleaner blades, gasketing on air-header connections, and thermal insulation on drive housings allegedly incorporated woven asbestos fabric. Fiber release allegedly occurred when workers changed cleaner blades, opened conveyor housings, or repaired lagging on pneumatic drives.
Workers Exposed
- Grain elevator workers cleaning boot pits and repairing conveyor cleaners
- Bucket elevator millwrights replacing belt scrapers and cleaner assemblies
- Grain cooperative maintenance mechanics servicing pneumatic conveying lines