General Equipment at Anderson Hospital Maryville Illinois

The equipment below represents the systems and infrastructure documented or typically present at this facility during the era when asbestos-containing materials were specified in industrial construction. This is general facility-equipment reference — not a legal attribution of any specific product, manufacturer, or exposure event to this facility. Material-category and manufacturer information is addressed in the AsbestosIndex Product Crosswalk linked under the records table below.

Industrial Boilers View crosswalk › Process Piping View crosswalk › Pipe Insulation View crosswalk › Block Insulation View crosswalk › Valves View crosswalk › Gaskets View crosswalk › Pumps View crosswalk › Heat Exchangers View crosswalk › Cooling Equipment View crosswalk ›

Documented Asbestos Evidence

The records below are verified, state-documented asbestos removals at this facility. Each entry represents a regulated abatement project where the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) was notified under federal NESHAP rules, the work was logged, and the asbestos-containing material was confirmed and removed under regulated conditions. These are not allegations or estimates — they are paper records tying documented asbestos-containing material to this specific site.

No Illinois EPA NESHAP abatement notifications have been identified for this facility in current public records. Per the framing above, absence of state-agency documentation should not be read as absence of asbestos — only as absence of a formal, regulated abatement event meeting reporting thresholds. Workers who recall encountering pipe insulation, block insulation, gaskets, or other asbestos-era construction materials at this facility may still have viable claims regardless of whether a state record exists.

Material Categories in Documented Records

The materials documented above (and similar asbestos-containing materials commonly encountered in records of this type) appear in the AsbestosIndex catalog with historical manufacturer and trust-fund information. Click a category to view manufacturers historically associated with that material:

Thermal System Insulation View crosswalk › Asbestos-Cement Board View crosswalk › Pipe Insulation View crosswalk › Roofing & Flashing View crosswalk › Spray Fireproofing View crosswalk › Floor Tile & Mastic View crosswalk › Ceiling Tile View crosswalk › Gaskets & Packing View crosswalk ›

Who May Have Been Exposed at Anderson Hospital Maryville Illinois

Insulators and Asbestos Workers

Union: Heat and Frost Insulators Local 1 (St. Louis) and Local 27 (Kansas City)

Insulators carried the highest fiber burden of any trade at Anderson Hospital.

  • Mixing asbestos cement — Workers mixed dry finishing cement powder by hand in mechanical rooms and pipe chases. Every bag opened sent a dry powder cloud into the immediate breathing zone before the first drop of water hit the mix.
  • Cutting pipe covering — calcium silicate pipe insulation, calcium silicate pipe insulation, and Armstrong pipe covering cut with hand saws sent fibers directly into workers’ faces. Calcium silicate block cut with chisels and hacksaws generated sustained fiber release throughout the cut.
  • Applying block insulation — and Armstrong calcium silicate blocks fitted to boiler surfaces by scoring and breaking. refractory handled in confined boiler rooms with no ventilation.
  • Mudding and finishing — Hand-applying asbestos-containing finishing cement over completed insulation released airborne fibers throughout the work area.

**Gasket and packing materials:

  • gaskets and packing — Braided asbestos rope, sheet gaskets, pump packings
  • Flexitallic — Spiral-wound gaskets with asbestos wrapping
  • — Valve packings and gasket materials containing asbestos

Pipefitters and Steamfitters

Union: UA Local 562 (St. Louis) and Local 268 (Kansas City)

  • Gasket work — Cutting and removing gaskets and packing asbestos sheet gaskets from pipe flanges throughout the steam distribution system. mpany valve packing removal exposed workers to raw asbestos fibers scraped from valve stems.
  • Valve packing replacement — Repacking gate valves, globe valves, and control valves with gaskets and packing braided asbestos rope in confined, unventilated spaces. Old packing fibers became airborne during scraping.
  • Pipe insulation removal — Stripping and calcium silicate pipe insulation during renovation, releasing decades-old deteriorated asbestos material in quantity.
  • Proximity exposure — Sharing mechanical rooms and pipe tunnels with Heat and Frost Insulators Local 1 members while insulation cutting and mixing generated constant airborne fiber.

**Primary asbestos products:

  • pipe insulation and cements
  • gaskets and packing and packing materials
  • mpany valve components
  • Armstrong insulation products

Boilermakers

Union: Boilermakers Local 27 and affiliated locals

Boilermakers worked in the worst conditions in the building.

  • Refractory removal and replacement — Entering confined boiler spaces packed with deteriorated refractory brick and castable material. Workers scraped old fire brick with wire brushes and chisels in spaces with no air movement.
  • Boiler rope gasket work — Scraping gaskets and packing asbestos rope gaskets from boiler access hatches with wire brushes and scrapers in confined spaces.
  • Boiler insulation removal — Cutting away and replacing external block insulation, asbestos cloth, and finishing cement from boiler shells and steam drums.

Boiler rooms had the highest fiber concentrations of any space in the facility. Workers handled deteriorated materials that had been in place for decades—materials that shed fibers far more readily than new product.

**Primary manufacturers:

  • — Boiler refractory and insulation
  • — Boiler insulation and finishing products
  • spray-applied fireproofing** — Fireproofing on boiler casings
  • gaskets and packing — Boiler gasket materials

Electricians

Union: IBEW Local 309 and other IBEW locals serving the Metro East region

Electricians contacted asbestos through direct product handling and sustained proximity to insulation trades.

  • Wire and cable insulation — Older rubber-insulated and asbestos-insulated conductors released fibers when cut, stripped, or pulled through conduit.
  • Panelboard and switchgear work — Drilling, cutting, and fitting asbestos-insulated electrical panels manufactured by General Electric and Westinghouse.
  • Arc chute removal — Circuit breaker arc chutes contained asbestos insulation that released fibers during maintenance and replacement.
  • Proximity exposure — Electricians working in the same mechanical rooms and ceiling plenums as insulators inhaled fibers from cutting, mixing, and finishing operations running continuously alongside them.

**Primary manufacturers:

  • electrical insulation boards
  • ceiling tile asbestos insulation products
  • electrical insulation materials
  • General Electric and Westinghouse switchgear and control equipment

Carpenters and Drywall Workers

Union: Carpenters District Council of Greater St. Louis and vicinity

  • Ceiling tile installation and removal — Cutting Armstrong and asbestos-containing acoustic ceiling tiles released fibers at the point of the saw blade and across the work area.
  • Drywall finishing — Joint compound products and other manufacturers contained asbestos. Sanding dried compound generated fine, respirable fiber clouds in enclosed hospital spaces.
  • Millwork and interior finish — Floor tile installation and removal exposed workers to chrysotile-containing floor tile and associated adhesives throughout patient areas and service corridors.

**Primary manufacturers:

  • ceiling tile
  • ceiling and flooring products
  • Gold Bond joint compound and drywall systems

Ironworkers and Structural Trade Workers

Union: Ironworkers Local 392 and affiliated locals

  • Structural steel fireproofing exposure — Ironworkers on the structural frame when spray-applied fireproofing operations were underway breathed spray-applied fireproofing and Cafco overspray throughout their shifts. There was no separation of trades during fireproofing application.
  • Welding on asbestos-coated steel — Burning and cutting through asbestos-fireproofed steel members released both asbestos fibers and thermal degradation products simultaneously.
  • Blanket and pad exposure — Asbestos welding blankets and fireproofing pads were standard ironworker equipment. Handling deteriorated blankets released fibers directly into the breathing zone.

Maintenance and Facilities Staff

Anderson Hospital’s maintenance department worked in every asbestos-containing system in the building—often without any knowledge of what they were handling.

  • Boiler and mechanical maintenance — Replacing pump packings, valve packing, and gaskets on asbestos-insulated systems throughout the building’s operational life.
  • **Ceiling tile repair

Critical Filing Deadline & Next Steps

Illinois law gives mesothelioma and asbestos-disease claimants 2 years from the date of medical diagnosis to file a personal-injury lawsuit (735 ILCS 5/13-202). For wrongful-death claims after an asbestos-related death, the filing window is 2 years from the date of death (740 ILCS 180/2). The two deadlines run on separate tracks — preserving one does not extend the other.

The personal-injury clock runs from diagnosis, not from exposure. Mesothelioma latency is typically 20 to 50 years, so workers exposed in the 1950s–1980s are being diagnosed today.

Practical first steps

  1. Document what you remember. Pay stubs, W-2s, union cards, photographs, coworker names, and dates of employment. The WorkChain widget on this page can save a copy you can email yourself.
  2. Preserve medical records. Pathology reports, biopsy results, imaging, and pulmonary-function tests are central to both civil claims and trust-fund filings.
  3. Identify household members. Spouses who laundered work clothing and children of plant workers are eligible for secondary-exposure claims when diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease.
  4. Speak with an asbestos attorney with Illinois experience. The first conversation is free and confidential. Asbestos trust-fund claims and civil claims run on different tracks — both can be pursued in parallel.

Asbestos-Related Diseases

Asbestos fiber exposure can cause several specific diseases that typically appear decades after the original exposure. The latency period — the gap between exposure and diagnosis — usually runs 20 to 50 years. That's why workers exposed in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s are receiving diagnoses today.

Mesothelioma

A rare, aggressive cancer that affects the lining of the lungs (pleural mesothelioma), abdomen (peritoneal), or heart (pericardial). Mesothelioma is almost exclusively caused by asbestos exposure, which is why a mesothelioma diagnosis often points directly to historical workplace exposure. Average latency from first exposure to diagnosis is 30-50 years.

Asbestosis

A chronic, non-cancerous scarring of lung tissue caused by inhaled asbestos fibers. Asbestosis causes progressive shortness of breath, persistent cough, and reduced lung function. It does not improve with treatment, and it is a recognized basis for compensation under most trust schedules and civil claims.

Lung Cancer

Asbestos exposure significantly increases the risk of lung cancer, particularly when combined with a history of smoking. Asbestos-related lung cancer is compensable under the same trust schedules and civil claim avenues as mesothelioma.

Other Recognized Diseases

Pleural plaques, pleural thickening, laryngeal cancer, ovarian cancer, and certain gastrointestinal cancers are also recognized as asbestos-related under various trust schedules and case-law authorities, though eligibility and proof requirements vary by claim type.

If you have any of these diagnoses and you worked at this facility, lived with someone who did, or were exposed in any documented capacity, you may have a claim worth pursuing. Speak with an attorney before assuming you don't qualify.

Data Sources

Information about facility equipment, industrial materials, and occupational records referenced on this page is drawn from publicly available sources where applicable, including:

If specific equipment or product claims in this article are sourced from a non-public database, the source is identified parenthetically within the text above.