General Equipment at Dana Inc. Toledo Ohio

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 Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Dana Inc. Toledo Ohio

Certain trades faced consistently higher alleged exposure levels based on their proximity to asbestos-containing materials and the physical demands of their work. Understanding which occupations carried the greatest risk helps workers and families recognize whether they have a claim worth pursuing.

Insulators (Asbestos Workers)

Insulators — historically called “asbestos workers” and frequently members of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 1 or traveling locals — faced among the heaviest alleged exposures at any industrial facility. At Dana Toledo, insulators may have:

  • Installed, removed, and replaced asbestos-containing pipe insulation including calcium silicate pipe insulation, Thermobestos, and pipe insulation products
  • Applied asbestos-containing block insulation to boilers and furnaces
  • Cut asbestos-containing pipe covering with knives and saws, releasing clouds of respirable fiber
  • Mixed and applied asbestos-containing insulating cements from Keasbey & Mattison Company and Unarco Industries
  • Removed old, friable asbestos-containing insulation from pipes and equipment during facility maintenance
  • Worked in confined spaces with limited ventilation

Epidemiological studies consistently show that insulators as an occupational group carry extraordinarily high rates of mesothelioma, asbestosis, and asbestos-related lung cancer. If you worked as an insulator at Dana Toledo, your diagnosis deserves immediate attention from a mesothelioma attorney.

Pipefitters and Steamfitters

Pipefitters and steamfitters at Dana Toledo — many members of Plumbers and Pipefitters UA Local 562 — may have worked directly with asbestos-containing materials on a daily basis, including:

  • Removing and replacing asbestos-containing gaskets and packing, Flexitallic, and Victor Gasket gaskets from pipe flanges, valves, and connections
  • Disturbing asbestos-containing pipe insulation including Thermobestos and calcium silicate pipe insulation products to access pipes for repair or replacement
  • Cutting and trimming asbestos-containing packing materials for valve stem packing
  • Working alongside insulators performing asbestos work
  • Scraping and wire-brushing old asbestos-containing gaskets from flange faces — work that generated concentrated airborne fiber

Pipefitters routinely worked adjacent to insulators and frequently disturbed existing asbestos-containing insulation themselves, creating compounded exposure pathways that an experienced mesothelioma attorney can document and pursue.

Maintenance and Custodial Workers

Maintenance staff — electricians, mechanics, carpenters, and custodians — may have been exposed through:

  • Routine repair and replacement of pipes, equipment, and building components containing products from , and other manufacturers
  • Disturbance of asbestos-containing floor tiles, ceiling tiles, and wall materials during renovation
  • Contact with damaged or deteriorating spray-applied fireproofing fireproofing and similar asbestos-containing insulation
  • Regular work in areas where asbestos-containing materials were present, often without any warning of the hazard

These workers are frequently overlooked in asbestos litigation — but their diagnoses are just as real, and their claims are just as valid.

Production Line Workers and Machine Operators

Production line workers and machine operators may have been exposed through:

  • Proximity to asbestos-containing friction materials in machinery, including Raybestos, Bendix, and Federal-Mogul brake linings and clutch facings
  • Contact with asbestos-containing building materials in production areas
  • Disturbance of calcium silicate pipe insulation and Thermobestos insulation during equipment maintenance
  • Inhalation of fibers released during routine manufacturing operations

Boilermakers and Foundry Workers

Boilermakers and foundry workers may have been exposed through:

  • Installation and removal of asbestos-containing boiler insulation from, and asbestos-containing refractory materials from Industries** and Refractories**
  • Proximity to spray-applied fireproofing including spray-applied fireproofing and asbestos-containing refractory products
  • Heat-related work that disturbed asbestos-containing materials in poorly ventilated, enclosed spaces

Contractors and Outside Workers

Contractors performing roofing, painting, renovation, or demolition work may have been exposed to:

  • Roofing materials reportedly containing asbestos from ceiling tile and
  • Spray-applied fireproofing including spray-applied fireproofing during building renovation or new construction
  • Asbestos-containing flooring and ceiling materials during renovation
  • Pipe and equipment insulation including pipe insulation and high-temperature pipe insulation products

Bystander exposure is a recognized legal theory in asbestos litigation. You do not have to have personally handled asbestos-containing materials to have a compensable claim.

Critical Filing Deadline & Next Steps

Ohio law gives mesothelioma and asbestos-disease claimants 2 years from the date of medical diagnosis to file a personal-injury lawsuit (ORC § 2305.10). For wrongful-death claims after an asbestos-related death, the filing window is 2 years from the date of death (ORC § 2125.02). 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 Ohio 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.