Product Description

Haysite Division of Synthane-Taylor Corporation manufactured through the asbestos era specialty polyester-glass and alkyd-glass molding compounds for circuit-breaker, switchgear, and high-voltage electrical applications. The DuBois “Plastics History U.S.A.” (1972) volume identifies Haysite — along with sister product line Glastic Corporation — as the principal U.S. supplier of polyester glass compounds that “solved many of the circuit-breaker problems of war and peace” through the WWII and Cold War era.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Haysite polyester-glass and alkyd-glass molding compounds contained asbestos roving and asbestos fiber reinforcement as a thermal stability and arc-tracking enhancement through the documented production era. Compound molders at circuit-breaker and switchgear plants (Westinghouse, General Electric, Square D, Allen-Bradley, Cutler-Hammer, ITE, Federal Pacific) who handled, molded, and machined Haysite compounds — and electrical workers who serviced the resulting circuit-breaker and switchgear products — were exposed to airborne asbestos fibers.

Haysite Division / Synthane-Taylor 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 Haysite-compound circuit breakers and switchgear
  • Switchgear plant technicians at Westinghouse, GE, Square D, and other circuit-breaker manufacturers using Haysite compounds
  • Circuit-breaker plant workers molding Haysite polyester-glass compounds
  • Phenolic-compound molders at downstream molding shops

If You Worked With Haysite Polyester-Glass Compounds

If you handled, molded, machined, or serviced electrical equipment containing Haysite Division polyester-glass or alkyd-glass molding compounds 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