Was Olin Corporation — asbestos documented in litigation?

Olin Corporation — 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 Olin Corporation — asbestos exposure?

Yes. Workers diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, or asbestosis after exposure to Olin Corporation — 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

Olin Chemical, Chlor-Alkali, and Ammunition Manufacturing Plants

⚖ Litigation Record1892-present (Olin/Olin Mathieson); asbestos era through 1980sAsbestos pipe covering, asbestos refractory and block insulation on process equipment, asbestos electrical insulation, asbestos diaphragm-cell components, asbestos gaskets

Overview Product Facts Trades

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

Premises Description

Olin Corporation (founded 1892 as Western Cartridge Company; reorganized as Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation 1954 by merger with Mathieson Chemical; today Olin Corporation, headquartered Clayton MO) was through the 20th century one of the principal U.S. chemical, chlor-alkali, ammunition, and specialty product manufacturers. Olin operated through the asbestos era U.S. plants including:

Chemical / Chlor-Alkali / Specialty:

East Alton IL — historic Western Cartridge / Olin ammunition plant
Niagara Falls NY — chemical operations
Pasadena TX — Olin/Texas chlor-alkali plant (now Olin Blue Cube Operations)
McIntosh AL — chlor-alkali and chemicals
Charleston TN — Olin Charleston chemical plant
Brandenburg KY — chemicals
Augusta GA — chemicals

Notable: Asbestos Diaphragm Cells. Through the asbestos era Olin’s chlor-alkali plants — particularly at McIntosh, Charleston, and Niagara Falls — operated chlor-alkali production using asbestos-diaphragm cell technology. Asbestos diaphragm cells separate the anode and cathode chambers using an asbestos diaphragm filtered onto a steel cathode screen, requiring replacement and rebuild of asbestos diaphragms on a periodic basis as a routine plant maintenance task. Plant workers and contractor maintenance crews who replaced and rebuilt asbestos diaphragm cells were exposed to substantial respirable asbestos fiber loads during cell teardown and re-build.

Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Olin Corporation — as premises owner and as user of asbestos-diaphragm chlor-alkali technology — exposed chemical workforce and contractor pipefitters, insulators, boilermakers, and trade workers to extensive asbestos.

Olin Corporation has been named as a Premises Defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation.

Workers Exposed

USW / chemical workers at Olin plants
Chlor-alkali plant maintenance workers servicing asbestos diaphragm cells
Refinery pipefitters and millwrights working Olin capital projects
Insulators (HFIAW Local members) on Olin construction and turnaround crews
Boilermakers (IBB Local members) building Olin plant equipment
Construction-trade workforces on Olin EPC projects

If You Worked at an Olin Chemical, Chlor-Alkali, or Ammunition Plant

If you worked at an Olin Corporation chemical, chlor-alkali, or ammunition plant during the asbestos era — as an 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 NameOlin Chemical, Chlor-Alkali, and Ammunition Manufacturing Plants

Years Produced1892-present (Olin/Olin Mathieson); asbestos era through 1980s

Asbestos ContentAsbestos pipe covering, asbestos refractory and block insulation on process equipment, asbestos electrical insulation, asbestos diaphragm-cell components, asbestos gaskets

CategoryIndustrial-Chemicals Gaskets

Trust FundNo active trust

Exposed Trades & Occupations

Chemical workersInsulatorsRefinery pipefittersBoilermakers

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