Product Description
A.P. Green Refractories Company was headquartered in Mexico, Missouri, where it operated one of the largest refractory manufacturing complexes in the United States. Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that A.P. Green manufactured a broad line of asbestos-containing refractory products, including insulating cements (A.P. Green Insulating Cement, SK7, Therm-O-Flake), plastic refractories, high-alumina brick, castables (Mizzou, Greencast), gunning mixes (Kast-O-Lite), and specialty refractory shapes used to line industrial furnaces, boilers, ladles, and kilns.
Premises Description
The Mexico, Missouri manufacturing complex included clay mining, brick pressing, kiln firing, packaging, and shipping operations. Plaintiffs alleged that plant workers at Mexico allegedly encountered airborne asbestos during the mixing of insulating cements, plastic refractories, and gunning mixes; during packaging of dry-mix products; and during sawing, trimming, and finishing operations. Because A.P. Green is headquartered in Mexico, Missouri, its Missouri-venue exposure record is particularly extensive.
Workers Exposed
- Bricklayers and refractory workers who cut, mixed, troweled, and installed A.P. Green refractory brick, plastic, and cement in steel mills, foundries, glass plants, and powerhouses
- Boilermakers and millwrights who tore out and replaced hot-face refractory linings in boilers and industrial furnaces
- Maintenance mechanics who patched refractory linings on ladles, cupolas, and rotary kilns
- A.P. Green plant workers at the Mexico, Missouri manufacturing complex who allegedly handled raw asbestos fiber, mixed dry batches, and packaged finished refractory products
- Cement finishers and plasterers who applied A.P. Green insulating cements to boiler jackets and high-temperature surfaces