85% Magnesia pipe covering — the dominant industrial pipe insulation product family from roughly 1900 through the late …
Asbestos-containing acoustic ceiling tile and lay-in ceiling panels installed in schools, hospitals, offices, government …
Commercial grain elevators, on-farm grain dryers, livestock-barn heating equipment, and agricultural processing …
Historical asbestos-based aircraft brake pads, helicopter brake assemblies, ground-equipment brake systems, and aviation …
Refinery and gas-processing amine units that remove H₂S and CO₂ from process gas streams. Asbestos exposure from …
Industrial ammonia (NH₃) compressors used in brewery, packing-house, and cold-storage refrigeration — historical …
Amosite — the brown amphibole-form asbestos mineral mined primarily in South Africa, used in U.S. high-temperature …
Reference page explaining the mineralogical distinction between serpentine asbestos (chrysotile only) and amphibole …
Anthophyllite — the rarest of the six regulated asbestos minerals. Found primarily in Finland and the eastern United …
Woven asbestos cloth, asbestos tape, asbestos rope, and removable insulation blankets used for industrial lagging …
Asbestos millboard — rigid pressed asbestos sheet used as a high-temperature gasket material, heat shielding, electrical …
Asbestos mining and milling operations — chrysotile mines in Quebec, Vermont, California, and Arizona; amosite mines in …
Asbestos paper — pressed sheet asbestos in light weights used as electrical insulation, heat-shield backing, gasket …
Asbestos-cement roofing sheet, built-up roof felts, roof coatings and mastics, and asbestos-cement roof shingles …
Historical asbestos-paper and asbestos-fabric wall coverings, decorative panels, and wainscoting products in …
Asbestos-cement board — flat sheet, corrugated sheet, transite panels, and shingle siding — used throughout industrial, …
Asbestos-cement shingle siding installed on residential and commercial buildings from the 1920s through the 1970s — …
Power-plant ash-handling systems — bottom-ash and fly-ash conveying, ash silos, ash sluice systems — asbestos exposure …
Fabric-filter dust collectors (bag houses) and wet flue-gas scrubbers on power plants, cement plants, and industrial …
Kraft pulp-mill multi-effect black-liquor evaporators and direct-contact evaporators that concentrate spent pulping …
Blast-furnace cowper stoves, hot-blast main pipework, and bustle-pipe insulation in integrated steel-mill iron …
Asbestos block insulation — calcium silicate, magnesia, and asbestos-cement block products used on boilers, turbines, …
Boiler breechings, flue gas ducts, and stack penetrations in power plants and large industrial steam plants — asbestos …
Asbestos-containing products historically used in industrial boilers — pipe covering, block insulation, refractory, …
Industrial bottle washers used in returnable-bottle brewery and beverage packaging lines — long multi-zone …
Asbestos brake linings, brake pads, and brake shoes used on passenger cars, trucks, buses, locomotives, heavy equipment, …
Asbestos exposure history at brewery brew kettles (mash tuns, lauter tuns, wort kettles) — direct-fired heating, …
Industrial brine chillers — shell-and-tube heat exchangers cooled by ammonia or freon, used to chill secondary …
Industrial and commercial cable tray systems, wireway, and electrical-raceway insulation. Asbestos exposure from …
Calcium silicate block and pipe insulation — the dominant high-temperature industrial insulation from the late 1940s …
Refinery fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units — the largest single-unit operation in most refineries, converting heavy …
Refinery catalytic reformer units (CCR and semi-regen) — upgrading naphtha to high-octane gasoline and hydrogen. …
Asbestos-bearing caulking compounds, glazing compounds, sealants, and roof patching mastics used in commercial, …
Portland cement manufacturing plant equipment — rotary kilns, raw mills, finish mills, clinker coolers, and …
Residential and commercial chimney cleanout doors, frames, gaskets, and chimney-cap components historically containing …
Asbestos-cement chimney flue lining pipe used in residential and small-commercial gas, oil, and coal-fired heating …
Chrysotile asbestos — the serpentine-form mineral that constituted approximately 95 percent of all asbestos used in U.S. …
Asbestos clutch facings and friction discs used in manual-transmission passenger cars and trucks, heavy industrial …
Coal pulverizers (also called coal mills) that grind coal to fine powder for pulverized-coal-fired boilers — asbestos …
Steel-mill and integrated-coke-plant coke oven batteries — by-product coke ovens producing metallurgical coke from coal. …
Refinery delayed coker units — semi-batch process converting vacuum residue to petroleum coke, gas oil, and lighter …
Commercial bakery rack ovens, deck ovens, pizza ovens, and food-service heated equipment. Asbestos exposure from door …
Power-plant condensate pumps and high-pressure boiler feed pumps — large multi-stage centrifugal pumps moving water …
Industrial conveyor belt systems in mining, steel mills, power plants (coal handling), and bulk-material handling — …
Industrial cooling towers — used to reject heat from power-plant condensers, refinery process units, brewery …
Crocidolite — the blue amphibole-form asbestos mineral mined primarily in South Africa and Western Australia. The most …
Foundry crucibles, pouring cups, and bench-top melting vessels — used in non-ferrous foundries, jewelry shops, dental …
Refinery crude desalters — electrostatic separators that wash salt and water from crude oil before atmospheric …
Wear linings, packing seals, and surrounding insulation on jaw crushers, cone crushers, hammer mills, ball mills, and …
Power-plant and industrial de-aerators — pressure vessels that strip dissolved oxygen and CO₂ from boiler feedwater. …
Asbestos-containing dental casting tape, periodontal strips, and dental-lab investing materials historically used in …
Refinery and chemical-plant distillation towers — large packed and tray columns separating components by boiling point. …
Asbestos arc chutes, switchgear barriers, motor-starter components, and panelboard interiors in industrial and utility …
Asbestos-paper-insulated electrical cable, asbestos-jacketed high-temperature wire, and asbestos-bearing wire splice and …
Electrical panelboards and motor-control centers (MCCs) — historical asbestos millboard barriers, panel-back insulation, …
Electrostatic precipitators on coal- and oil-fired power-plant boilers and large industrial combustion sources — …
Traction-elevator brake shoes, hydraulic-elevator components, and escalator brake assemblies — historical asbestos …
Petrochemical ethylene cracker furnaces, olefins-plant cold-end separation trains, and downstream chemical-plant …
Industrial expansion joints — fabric, woven asbestos cloth, metal bellows — absorbing thermal movement in steam piping, …
Asbestos-bearing exterior stucco, cementitious wall coatings, decorative cement panels, and EIFS (exterior insulation …
Power-plant and industrial feedwater heaters — shell-and-tube heat exchangers that preheat boiler feedwater using …
Brewery and food-processing fermentation tanks, lagering vessels, and CIP piping — asbestos exposure from cold-side …
Finishing cement — the white smooth-surface insulation cement applied as the visible outer coat over block insulation …
Building HVAC fire and smoke dampers — asbestos blade assemblies, frame insulation, and gasket components in pre-1980 …
Fire-rated commercial and institutional doors with asbestos-bearing core material — installed in hospitals, schools, …
Asbestos cloth firefighter turnout coats, helmets, gloves, and structural fire-suppression PPE used by municipal, …
Power-plant forced-draft (FD) and induced-draft (ID) fans, primary-air fans, and gas-recirc fans — large centrifugal …
Asbestos foundry aprons, leggings, mitts, hoods, and high-temperature personal protective equipment used in foundries, …
Asbestos additives in foundry sand mixes, core binders, mold coatings, and associated foundry products from the 1940s …
Asbestos sheet gaskets, spiral-wound gaskets, ring-joint gaskets, and rubber-asbestos sheet — historically installed on …
Glass-melting furnaces in container, flat-glass, fiberglass, and specialty glass production. Heavy asbestos exposure …
Asbestos-bearing components in 1960s–1970s consumer heat appliances — hair dryer hoses, hand-held hair dryers, popcorn …
Shell-and-tube and plate heat exchangers in power plants, refineries, breweries, paper mills, chemical plants, and …
Industrial heat-treatment furnaces — annealing, hardening, tempering, and stress-relief furnaces in steel mills, …
Hospital underground pipe tunnels, mechanical penthouse equipment rooms, and steam-distribution piping systems — …
Hot tops — insulating board and shaped insulating-refractory components installed on steel ingot molds to retain heat at …
Asbestos-containing HVAC duct insulation — interior duct liner, exterior wrap, and corrugated paper-and-asbestos …
HVAC filter media, air-cell duct insulation, and acoustic-treatment products in commercial / institutional HVAC systems. …
Refinery hydrocracker, hydrotreater, and hydroprocessing units operating at high temperature and high pressure with …
Centrifugal and absorption chillers in commercial / institutional HVAC plants and process cooling — asbestos exposure …
Industrial air compressors, natural-gas compressors, process-gas compressors, and instrument-air compressors in power …
Industrial process furnaces — distinct from steam boilers — used in steel mills (blast and reheat furnaces), foundries …
Industrial-scale mixers, agitators, blenders, and homogenizers in chemical, food, pharmaceutical, and process …
Industrial AC and DC motor windings — historical asbestos paper and tape used in coil and slot insulation, plus asbestos …
Auto-plant, aerospace, and industrial spray-finishing paint booths. Asbestos exposure from booth-wall panels, …
Centrifugal and positive-displacement industrial pumps in power plants, refineries, breweries, paper mills, chemical …
Hard-set and finishing insulating cements — dry-mix products with asbestos fiber, mixed with water on-site and troweled …
Household and laundry-service ironing board covers, asbestos hot-plate pads, kitchen trivets, and asbestos-cloth …
Asbestos-containing joint compound and patching plaster used to finish drywall seams and patch walls in residential, …
Kaylo — the dominant calcium silicate pipe covering and block insulation product family of the postwar era, originally …
Kraft pulp-mill recovery boilers burning concentrated black liquor to recover pulping chemicals and generate steam. …
Asbestos-containing laboratory fume-hood interiors, benchtops, sash gaskets, and laboratory casework — installed in …
Brewery lauter tuns — the vessel that separates sweet wort from spent grain — asbestos exposure from insulation, …
Asbestos-backed sheet linoleum and asbestos vinyl-sheet flooring installed in residential, commercial, and institutional …
Steam-locomotive boiler lagging, smokebox insulation, brake-system components, and pipe insulation. Asbestos exposure …
Power-plant main surface condensers — large vacuum heat exchangers that condense turbine exhaust steam back to liquid …
Brewery and malthouse drying kilns — direct-fired or indirect-heated grain drying chambers. Asbestos exposure from kiln …
Marine tanker cargo-pump systems, oil-tanker stripping-pump rooms, chemical-tanker handling equipment, and tank-cleaning …
Merchant marine vessel propulsion engines — slow-speed and medium-speed marine diesels, marine steam plants, and …
Asbestos sheet gaskets, spiral-wound gaskets, and braided packing installed aboard U.S. Navy ships and commercial …
Brewery mash tuns — the vessel where grain meets hot water at the start of the brewing process — asbestos exposure from …
Asbestos-containing mastic adhesives — cutback floor adhesives, construction mastics, roofing mastics, and industrial …
Industrial mechanical seals on pump shafts and compressor shafts — historical asbestos components in seal faces, gland …
Medical sterilizer autoclaves, industrial autoclaves, and large pressure-vessel sterilization equipment in hospitals, …
U.S. Army and Marine Corps tanks, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery, and tracked combat vehicles. …
U.S. military wheeled-vehicle brake systems — Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy ground-equipment trucks, tractors, …
Underground-mine ventilation systems — fans, ductwork, brattice cloth, and ventilation curtains historically using …
Monokote — W.R. Grace's spray-applied cementitious fireproofing product family. Early formulations (pre-1973) contained …
Asbestos-bearing components installed on U.S. Navy shipboard boilers (D-type, M-type, V2M, modified Babcock and similar) …
Copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, and other nonferrous metal smelters — flash furnaces, reverberatory furnaces, electrolytic …
Commercial nuclear power plant equipment — primary loop, secondary loop, containment penetrations, and balance-of-plant …
Paper-mill dryer felts, dryer-section pipe insulation, hood insulation, and steam-joint seals — heavy asbestos exposure …
Intercity and commuter passenger rail cars, transit-rail equipment, and passenger-rail-related products. Asbestos …
Tunnel pasteurizers used in breweries, soft-drink bottling, and food processing — long conveyor-driven hot-water …
Bulk petroleum and chemical storage tanks — refinery and terminal tanks, above-ground storage, and heated-product tanks. …
Asbestos pipe covering and pipe insulation (magnesia, calcium silicate, asbestos-cement, fiberglass-asbestos blends) …
Asbestos-containing firestop products — mineral-wool batt with asbestos additive, fire-stop putty, and …
Foundry and steel-mill pouring ladles, transfer ladles, and treatment ladles — refractory-lined vessels carrying molten …
Oil-cooled and dry-type power transformers — historical asbestos components in winding insulation, bushing barriers, …
Paper machine clothing — press felts, forming fabrics, and dryer fabrics. Historical asbestos content in older felts and …
Commercial and newspaper printing press equipment, web presses, dryers, and bindery equipment. Asbestos exposure from …
Pulp-mill batch and continuous digesters — large pressure vessels cooking wood chips with chemical liquor to produce …
Composition railroad brake shoes used on freight cars, passenger cars, and locomotives — historically asbestos-bonded …
Refinery fired heaters (process furnaces) used in crude distillation, cracking, and reforming units — asbestos exposure …
Refractory brick used in industrial furnaces, boilers, kilns, direct-fired kettles, and steel-mill ladles — historical …
Refractory mortar, castable refractory, and gunnite formulations historically containing asbestos fiber — used to set …
Comprehensive asbestos insulation in U.S. Navy ship fire rooms and engine rooms — turbine lagging, evaporator …
Asbestos pipe covering installed aboard U.S. Navy ships, merchant vessels, and commercial ships from the 1930s through …
Boiler soot blowers — long retractable lances that periodically blast steam or compressed air across boiler tubes to …
Asbestos-bearing spackling compound, patching plaster, and wall-repair products used in residential, commercial, and …
Asbestos-containing spray-applied fireproofing on structural steel in commercial high-rises, power plants, industrial …
Steam traps and the asbestos-containing pipe covering, gasket, and packing materials historically installed around them …
Steam turbines in power plants, industrial cogeneration, and large brewery / refinery process plants — asbestos exposure …
Stove cement, furnace cement, and chimney cement — high-temperature trowel-applied compounds historically containing …
Cane-sugar and beet-sugar processing plant equipment — evaporators, vacuum pans, centrifugals, and crystallization …
Refinery sulfur recovery units (SRU / Claus plant) and tail-gas treatment units — converting H₂S to elemental sulfur. …
Cosmetic and industrial talc products historically contaminated with naturally-occurring asbestos minerals — including …
Textile mill equipment — looms, carding machines, dye-house piping, finishing equipment, and historic textile-plant …
Spray-applied textured ceiling and wall paint — including popcorn / acoustic ceiling texture, knockdown, and orange-peel …
Theater proscenium fire curtains, stage-house drapery, fire-rated stage rigging, and historic theater asbestos products. …
Industrial thermal-spray, flame-spray, and arc-spray protective coatings — historical asbestos-fiber-containing …
Thermo-12 — Johns-Manville's calcium silicate high-temperature pipe covering and block insulation product family, sold …
Asbestos-cement pressure pipe and ducting — sold under Transite and other brand names — installed for municipal water …
Tremolite and actinolite — amphibole-form asbestos minerals occurring as contamination in vermiculite, talc, chrysotile, …
Power-plant turbine generators and their auxiliary components — armature insulation, exciter components, …
U.S. Navy submarine engineering spaces — diesel-electric and nuclear submarine machinery rooms, snorkel-system …
Utility-owned underground vaults, manholes, and ductbank construction housing power, telecom, steam, and water …
Unibestos — Pittsburgh Corning's amosite-asbestos pipe covering and block insulation product family, heavily specified …
Braided and compression asbestos rope packing used in industrial valve stuffing boxes, pump shafts, and compressor seals …
Industrial valves on steam, condensate, process, refrigeration, and water systems — asbestos exposure from valve …
Asbestos heat shields, hood liners, exhaust-system insulation, and engine-compartment heat barriers in passenger …
Spray-applied asphalt and asbestos vehicle undercoating and underseal products applied to passenger cars, trucks, and …
Loose-fill vermiculite attic insulation sold under the Zonolite brand and other names — primarily sourced from the …
Vinyl asbestos floor tile (VAT) and asbestos-containing floor mastic / cutback adhesive — used in commercial buildings, …
Residential and commercial water heater jacket insulation, pre-1980s factory-installed asbestos liners, and …
Asbestos welding blankets, welding curtains, fire shields, and welder's PPE — used in industrial welding, fabrication …
Historical asbestos-bearing wire-rope lubricants, hoist gaskets, and lifting-equipment brake / clutch components in …
Asbestos rope gaskets, fiberglass-asbestos blends, and stove-door sealing material for residential wood stoves, …
Brewhouse wort coolers — plate or shell-and-tube heat exchangers cooling boiled wort from kettle temperature to pitching …
WWII-era shipyards building Liberty Ships, Victory Ships, Navy combatants, and merchant vessels. Massive cohort of …
Yankee dryers — the large heated single-cylinder drying drums used on tissue paper and toweling machines. Asbestos …