General Equipment at Dana Corporation Facilities Various Indiana

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 — Indiana

The records below are verified, state-documented asbestos removals at this facility. Each entry represents a regulated abatement project where the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) 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 IDEM 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 Corporation Facilities Various Indiana

Insulators and Insulation Workers

Insulators who worked at Dana Corporation’s Indiana facilities — whether as direct Dana employees or outside contractors — may have faced the heaviest exposures. Work activities included:

  • Cutting asbestos-containing pipe insulation, including calcium silicate pipe insulation® and Thermobestos® products, to fit specific pipe dimensions
  • Mixing asbestos-containing cements and plasters supplied by , and similar manufacturers
  • Removing deteriorating asbestos insulation before applying new materials
  • Installing asbestos-containing block insulation systems in boiler rooms and utility areas
  • Working in confined spaces where asbestos dust from deteriorating and products had allegedly accumulated over decades

Workers in this trade face elevated rates of mesothelioma and asbestosis compared to the general population, reflecting the intensity and duration of reported exposures to asbestos-containing materials, and similar manufacturers.

Pipefitters and Steamfitters

Pipefitters who worked at Dana Indiana facilities may have been exposed to asbestos-containing materials through multiple pathways:

  • Direct contact with insulated piping containing calcium silicate pipe insulation® and Thermobestos® products during installation and maintenance
  • Cutting, trimming, and installing asbestos-containing gaskets from Dana’s Victor Gaskets line, gaskets and packing, and on flanged connections
  • Working with asbestos-containing rope packing in valve stems and pump seals manufactured by gaskets and packing and
  • Working alongside insulators and other trades who disturbed asbestos-containing materials — generating airborne fiber in shared workspaces

Boilermakers

Boilermakers who installed, maintained, and repaired boilers and pressure vessels at Dana facilities had direct and frequent contact with asbestos-containing materials:

  • Boiler insulation — block insulation and castable refractories manufactured by and similar companies that frequently contained asbestos
  • Boiler rope and gasket materials — asbestos-containing rope gaskets, door gaskets, and flat sheet gaskets from gaskets and packing and
  • Refractory work — high-temperature ceramic and asbestos-containing castables used in furnace and boiler applications
  • Boiler room environments — reportedly contaminated with asbestos dust from decades of insulation work involving and products

Electricians

Electricians working at Dana Indiana facilities may have faced both direct and bystander exposure through:

  • Electrical panels and components with asbestos-containing arc chutes, wiring insulation, and panel components and similar manufacturers
  • Working in ceiling plenums, pipe chases, and mechanical rooms containing and asbestos insulation
  • Drilling and cutting through asbestos-containing fireproofing (such as spray-applied fireproofing®), Gold Bond® floor tiles, and wall materials during conduit installation
  • Working alongside insulators, pipefitters, and other trades who disturbed asbestos-containing materials

Millwrights and Maintenance Mechanics

Millwrights and maintenance

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Indiana — Filing Deadline & Next Steps

Indiana law gives mesothelioma and asbestos-disease claimants 2 years from the date of medical diagnosis to file a personal-injury lawsuit (Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4). For wrongful-death claims after an asbestos-related death, the filing window is 2 years from the date of death (Ind. Code § 34-23-1-1). 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 Indiana 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 — Indiana

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 — Indiana

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.