Product Description

Marley induced-draft and crossflow cooling towers allegedly incorporated asbestos-cement (transite-type) sheet fill and pack assemblies in the wet deck of industrial, hospital, university, and institutional installations. According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, the asbestos-cement fill sheets were stacked in tiers inside the tower shell, where circulating water and airflow contact could weather the cement matrix over years of service. When service crews entered the tower cell for annual cleaning, fill replacement, or drift eliminator swap-outs, allegedly dusty debris and broken cement fragments were disturbed by hand and by pressure washing.

Workers Exposed

Cooling tower service technicians, HVAC service technicians, steam-fitters and pipefitters working through UA locals, and hospital and university plant operators are allegedly the trades most frequently identified in litigation records as having worked in and around Marley towers during fill teardown, drift eliminator replacement, and mechanical repack. Building maintenance mechanics assigned to central plant duty allegedly also entered towers during scheduled outages.