General Equipment at BF Goodrich Company Henry 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.

Reactor Vessels View crosswalk › Process Boilers View crosswalk › Industrial Mixers View crosswalk › Heat Exchangers View crosswalk › Cooling Towers View crosswalk › Pipe Insulation View crosswalk › Valves View crosswalk › Gaskets View crosswalk › Storage Tanks 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 BF Goodrich Company Henry Illinois

Workers at the B.F. Goodrich Henry facility may have been exposed to asbestos-containing materials across multiple trades and job classifications. The exposure pathways, the products involved, and the responsible manufacturers matter enormously when building a compensation claim. Here is what we know about the highest-risk occupational groups.

Pipefitters and Insulators

Pipefitters and insulators at the facility may have been exposed to asbestos-containing materials while installing and maintaining piping systems, removing damaged insulation, and handling asbestos-containing gaskets, packing materials, and sealants during routine repairs. Work that disturbs pipe covering and block insulation — particularly during tearout — is among the highest-dust-generating activity in any industrial plant.

Union membership: Pipefitters at this facility may have been represented by UA Local 562 (St. Louis, MO), which serves workers throughout the Missouri and Illinois industrial corridor.

Boilermakers

Boilermakers at the B.F. Goodrich Henry facility may have been exposed to asbestos-containing materials through fabrication and maintenance of boilers and pressure vessels, removal of worn insulation, and work with refractory materials in high-temperature environments. Refractory products used in boiler settings frequently contained chrysotile and amosite asbestos well into the 1980s.

Union membership: Boilermakers at this facility may have been affiliated with Boilermakers Local 27 (St. Louis, MO).

Maintenance Workers

Maintenance crews may have encountered asbestos-containing materials during repairs to building systems — replacing floor tiles and ceiling panels, handling asbestos-containing gaskets and packing during equipment maintenance, and working in proximity to deteriorated pipe insulation. Bystander exposure during these tasks is legally cognizable and has supported successful claims in Missouri courts.

Electricians

Electricians may have been exposed through installation and maintenance of electrical systems incorporating asbestos-containing insulation, work in areas with deteriorating asbestos-containing fireproofing, and direct handling of asbestos-containing electrical tape, arc chutes, and wiring insulation products.

Union membership: Electricians at the facility may have been affiliated with local unions of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) serving the Missouri and Illinois region.

Secondary & Household Exposure

Asbestos fibers carried home on work clothes, skin, and hair have caused mesothelioma in spouses and children of industrial workers — a phenomenon courts and medical literature call “take-home” or “household” exposure. Family members of B.F. Goodrich Henry facility workers who developed mesothelioma or asbestosis may have independent legal claims. These cases have been successfully litigated across Missouri and Illinois.

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.