Asbestos content of Temple Inland roof & wall sheathing products?

Some but not all Temple Inland sheathing products are reported to have contained asbestos (a countertop cited in litigation), though a company statement quoted below on this page says that they do not asbestos-containing products.

Asbestos in "some products" that does NOT mean that Temple Inland fiberboard contains asbestos; more-likely it does not. In general fiberboard is a plant-based product.

Page top photo: courtesy of an InspectApedia.com reader, this 1970's Temple Inland insulating sheathing board was tested and found not to contain asbestos. This is a plant fiber product.

Asbestos Content in Temple-Inland Fiberboard or Other Products?

Some Temple Inland board products contained asbestos, as we indicate in patent and litigation records - cited below.

However that does NOT mean that all or even any Temple Inland fiberboard sheathing contains or contained asbestos; more-likely it does not.

Reader Report: Test Results for 1970's Temple Inland Fiberboard Sheathing: no asbestos

My home was built in the early 1970's and has fiberboard sheathing.

I am replacing a small section of the original wood siding, which exposed enough of the sheathing to identify it.

It turns out that my sheathing is a Temple product, which led me to your page on Temple-Inland fiberboard sheathing.

Given the uncertainty of possible asbestos content, I decided to have it tested.

I used a home test kit from Leaping Lynx which used Kapak Inc for the lab testing.

My test sample was a square cut from my sheathing that included all layers of the material (outer face, fiber core, inner face) and a factory edge.

I received the test results today, which indicated that asbestos was not detected in my sample.

The results reported the composition of my sample as 90% cellulose and 10% tar.

I include an image [shown at the top of this page - Ed.] of the exterior side of my sheathing for reference.

[Special thanks to reader MM for this information, 2024/11/21 - DF]

Reader query: Should we worry about asbestos in Temple Insulating Sheathing?

We have Temple insulation sheathing under our floor boards. In the upstairs.

This was disturbed by the electrician and cut with a saw. The house was built in 1968.

The company is now called Temple-inland. Should we be concerned about asbestos - 2019/11/24 Paul Osborne

Answer: some Temple Inland board products contained asbestos.

We do not have any examples of and would welcome contributions to a list of any Temple-Inland products used or contained asbestos but to date (November 2024) that has not been found, and as we report above, one reader's test of Temple Inland fiberboard sheathing found no asbestos in their product in a 1970's home.

That some Temple-Inland products contained abestos might be inferred, improperly, in citations by some asbestosis litigation websites, and in case law in the United States.

So it would be prudent to use HEPA vacuuming and damp wiping to clean up any remaining dust from demolition or sawing of Temple Inland sheathing board. My guess is that that simple cleanup may be less costly than doing thorough testing for asbestos-contaminated dust.

Watch out: the statements below, made by the company indicate that the company "does not" produce asbestos-containing products.

[Unfortunately the sentence does not include clarification about whether or not the company ever produced asbestos-containing products in the past.]

Asbestos

We are a defendant in various lawsuits involving alleged workplace exposure to asbestos.

These cases involve exposure to asbestos in premises owned or operated by us.

We do not manufacture any products that contain asbestos, and all our cases in this area are limited to workplace exposure claims.

Historically, our aggregate annual settlements related to asbestos claims have been approximately $1 million.

The number of claims has remained relatively constant in the past few years.

and

Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations

Many of our manufacturing facilities contain asbestos and lead paint.

We are currently not required to remove any of these materials, but we could be required to do so in the future if we were to demolish or undertake major renovations of these facilities. ...

- Source: SEC filing: UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K Commission File Number 001-08634 Temple-Inland Inc. 1300 MoPac Expressway South, 3rd Floor Austin, Texas 78746 Tel: (512) 434-5800 [PDF] retrieved 2019/11/25 original source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/731939/000095012310015600/d70988e10vk.htm

Asbestos litigation research articles that cite Temple Inland

• Behrens, Mark A., and Monica G. Parham. "Stewardship for the Sick: Preserving Assets for Asbestos Victims Through Inactive Docket Programs." Tex. Tech L. Rev. 33 (2001):
• Greene, Charles T. "Determining Liability in Asbestos Cases: The Battle to Assign Liability Decades After Exposure." Am. J. Trial Advoc. 31 (2007): 571.
  Excerpt:
  ... Temple-Inland Forest Prods. Corp. v. Carter, 993 SW2d 88, 95 (Tex. 1999)). Page 8. 578 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRIAL ADVOCACY [Vol …
  that [the plaintiff] contracted asbestosis from inhaling asbestos dust and that he was …
• Henderson Jr, James A., and Aaron D. Twerski. "Asbestos Litigation Gone Mad: Exposure-Based Recovery for Increased Risk, Mental Distress, and Medical Monitoring." SCL Rev. 53 (2001): 815.
• Levine, Rebecca Leah. "Clearing the Air: Ordinary Negligence in Take-Home Asbestos Exposure Litigation." Wash. L. Rev. 86 (2011): 359.
• Lloyd, James S. "Administering A Cure-All or Selling Snake Oil: Implementing an Inactive Docket for Asbestos Litigation in Texas." Houston Law Review 43, no. 1 (2005): 4464.
• Moslemi, A. A. "Emerging technologies in mineral-bonded wood and fiber composites." Advanced Performance Materials 6, no. 2 (1999): 161-179.
• Rothstein, Paul F. "What Courts Can Do in the Face of the Never-Ending Asbestos Crisis." Miss. LJ 71 (2001): 1.
• Sanders, Joseph. "Medical Criteria Acts: State Statutory Attempts to Control the Asbestos Litigation." Sw. UL Rev. 37 (2008): 671.
• Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp. v. Carter, 993 S.W.2d 88 (Tex. 1999) [PDF] Texas Supreme Court Filed: April 29th, 1999 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 993 S.W.2d 88 Docket Number: 97-0592 Retrieved 2019/11/25 original source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1763560/temple-inland-forest-products-corp-v-carter/
  
  

  In Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp. v. Carter, 993 S.W.2d 88 (Tex. 1999) [PDF] actual case file; excerpting from a Case Summary retrieved 2019/11/25 original source: https://www.lawpipe.com/Texas/Temple-Inland_Products_Corp_v_Carter.html

  In Temple-Inland Products Corp. v. Carter, 993 S.W.2d 88 (Tex. 1999), the plaintiffs, Carter and Wilson, were employees of an independent contractor hired by Temple-Inland to drill holes in laboratory countertops to install electrical outlets. Carter, 993 S.W.2d at 89.

  The plaintiffs did not know, and were not initially told by Temple-Inland, that the countertops and the dust produced by the drilling contained asbestos fibers.

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Is there asbestos in Temple brand insulating board?

Yes I am remodeling a house and it has temple insulation board was wondering if abestos is a issue or can I get feedback on the product. On 2016-03-26 1 by Anonymous

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Anon:

Short answer: in some, yes, according to research we've found, and no according to one asbestos test lab report shared with us.

Please see the information we have on Temple insulating sheathing above on this page.

Then use our page-bottom or page-top CONTACT link to send me some sharp photos of the board surfaces, edge, and any markings or labels and I will research the brand further.

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