Product Description
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that the Bendix Corporation’s Kansas City Division — as DOE (and predecessor AEC/ERDA) prime operating contractor at the Bendix Kansas City Plant in Kansas City MO from 1949 through 2000, followed by AlliedSignal and Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies — allegedly used asbestos-woven fabric heat shields, asbestos millboard bench and furnace-fixture insulation, asbestos gasket sets, and asbestos-wrapped electrical components in the fabrication of non-nuclear electrical, electronic, and mechanical components for the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. Asbestos-containing materials were allegedly used at soldering benches, brazing stations, curing ovens, and test fixtures across the Bannister Federal Complex production floors.
Plaintiffs alleged that Bendix Kansas City asbestos-containing shop materials remained in service across the Bendix, AlliedSignal, and early Honeywell FM&T eras, requiring repeated tear-out, replacement, and shop maintenance work.
Workers Exposed
Plaintiffs allegedly exposed to Bendix Kansas City Plant asbestos-containing components include:
- DOE contractor nuclear weapons component operators at Bannister Federal Complex
- Nuclear weapons assemblers on non-nuclear electrical and mechanical components
- DOE facility electricians on production benches and test fixtures
- DOE facility instrumentation techs on component test and calibration stations
- DOE facility maintenance mechanics on ovens, presses, and shop equipment
- Machinists and precision-component fabricators at Kansas City
- Radiation control technicians and industrial hygiene staff (later era)
- Shop electricians and pipefitters on facility utilities