Product Description
Glastic Corporation (Cleveland Ohio — today part of Bay Plastics / Glastic Composites) manufactured through the asbestos era specialty polyester-glass and alkyd-glass molding compounds and reinforced plastic sheets for circuit-breaker, brush-stud, switchgear, and electrical-insulation applications. The DuBois “Plastics History U.S.A.” (1972) volume specifically documents Glastic Corporation as a primary U.S. supplier whose sheets and compounds “filled many markets in the circuit-breaker field that had been served previously by other laminates, the ceramics, ceramoplastics, and cold-mold products” through the post-WWII era.
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Glastic polyester-glass and alkyd-glass compounds and reinforced sheets contained asbestos roving and asbestos fiber reinforcement as a thermal stability and arc-tracking enhancement through the documented production era.
Glastic Corporation has been named as a Manufacturer Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.
Workers Exposed
- Electrical workers (IBEW Local members) servicing Glastic-compound circuit breakers and switchgear
- Switchgear and circuit-breaker plant technicians at Westinghouse, GE, Square D, Cutler-Hammer using Glastic
- Phenolic-compound molders at downstream molding shops
- Brush-stud manufacturing workers at downstream electrical assembly plants
If You Worked With Glastic Polyester-Glass Compounds
If you handled, molded, machined, or serviced electrical equipment containing Glastic Corporation polyester-glass or alkyd-glass compounds or sheets during the asbestos era — and have since been diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer, or another asbestos-related illness — you may have legal rights.
Free, confidential case evaluation: Speak with O’Brien Law Firm — (314) 936-2956