Ingersoll-Rand and the related company, Dresser-Rand, manufacture parts and products for use in various industrial, construction, mining, and commercial settings, including but not limited to drills, jackhammers, compressors, pumps, turbines, engines, pneumatics, machine tools and controls. Prior to the 1980s, asbestos-containing insulation and gasket materials were component parts in compressors and other industrial products being fabricated at that time. Exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, as well as lung cancer and other asbestos-related diseases.
Since its first inception as a drill and compressor company in 1858, Ingersoll-Rand has undergone various mergers, acquisitions, and expansions. After the merger of Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company with Rand Drill Company in 1905, Ingersoll-Rand grew to become a worldwide manufacturer of industrial products, currently employing approximately 17,000 people at 50 facilities worldwide. Ingersoll-Rand products are sold under more than 40 brand names across all major global markets, such as Milton Roy, Gardner Denver, Nash, Tamrotor, and GHH Rand, just to name a few. During its peak in productivity, Ingersoll-Rand was the biggest employer in the four towns where its original plants were located: Painted Post, NY; Athens, PA; Easton, PA; and Phillipsburg, NJ.
The Ingersoll-Rand Athens plant opened in 1905 and is located at 101 N. Main Street at the corner of Willow Street. The plant is situated on 32-acres in northern Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and is less than five miles from the New York border. It consists of a 400,000 square-foot main factory building, with an additional 7,000 square-foot storage building, and two large parking lots. The former manufacturing plant is on the west side of North Main Street, and the former foundry site is located on the east side of North Main Street.
The Athens Plant specialized in manufacturing pneumatic hand tools for industrial use and for the automotive aftermarket. This involved processes such as forging, machining, painting, powder coating, assembly, de-burring, aqueous cleaning, heat treat finishing, grinding, and black oxide finishing.
The Dresser-Rand Company was formed in 1987 as a joint venture between Dresser Industries and Ingersoll-Rand, in which they combined their pump divisions into a new spin-off company called the Dresser-Rand Company. The Athens Plant was not included in this joint venture and it was always an Ingersoll-Rand site until its closure in 2010. In 2014, Siemens Energy Inc. acquired the entire Dresser-Rand Group, which included the Dresser-Rand plant in Painted Post, New York, as well as the plants operated by Dresser-Rand in Olean, New York, Dresser-Rand in Wellsville, New York.
Before the United States began phasing out the use of asbestos in industrial components and products in the 1970s and 1980s, some items, such as gaskets and packing, were made with asbestos. The products produced by Ingersoll-Rand and Dresser-Rand were installed on many boats and ships, including U.S. Navy Ships in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War. At the same time, many of the plants and facilities being built during this era were constructed using asbestos-containing products, such as fireproofing spray. All of these uses of asbestos put workers and their families at risk. Exposure to asbestos can cause mesothelioma, as well as lung cancer and other asbestos-related diseases.
In the process of representing workers and their families, Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford has gathered a vast amount of information concerning the type and variety of asbestos-containing products to which our clients were exposed. Our clients understand the importance of securing legal representation as soon as possible after a diagnosis of mesothelioma or lung cancer. If you or a loved one were once employed at the Ingersoll Rand plant in Athens, Pennsylvania, and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or lung cancer, please contact us for a free and confidential case evaluation.
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