JM McConnel was a Kansas City, Missouri manufacturer that used asbestos-containing phenolic molding compounds in its production operations during the asbestos era. The facility is documented in asbestos litigation — including deposition testimony from former workers and industrial hygiene records — as a site where workers were exposed to asbestos from phenolic resin compound handling and processing.

C.M. Moore (facilities at 3029 Roanoke Road and 4422 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri) is a related Kansas City phenolic molding entity documented in the same litigation record, with compound supplier interrogatory responses specifically addressing phenolic deliveries to those Kansas City addresses.

Facility

  • JM McConnel / C.M. Moore: Kansas City, Missouri (Jackson County)
  • C.M. Moore addresses documented in litigation: 3029 Roanoke Road, KC MO; 4422 Main Street, KC MO
  • Operation type: Phenolic resin molding — processing compound to manufacture finished plastic components

Asbestos use period

JM McConnel operated as a consumer of asbestos-containing phenolic molding compound during the period when asbestos-filled formulations were industry standard (roughly 1940s through mid-1970s). Workers handled granular phenolic compound — containing asbestos fiber as a reinforcing filler — in daily production operations.

Worker exposure pathways

Workers at JM McConnel’s Kansas City facility were exposed to asbestos during compound handling and molding operations consistent with the industry-wide phenolic molding exposure pattern:

  • Compound receipt and transfer — moving bags and barrels of granular phenolic compound from storage to production
  • Hopper and press loading — scooping and pouring compound into press equipment throughout each shift
  • Trimming and finishing — removing flash and machining cured parts
  • Housekeeping — sweeping and cleaning compound dust accumulations from the production floor

Litigation documentation

JM McConnel / C.M. Moore and their compound suppliers have been named in asbestos litigation arising from the Kansas City facilities. Worker depositions (case file prefix MO_McCONNELL) document phenolic compound handling operations — specifically describing compound packaged in bags, gaylords, and round paper drums — and identify specific compound brands used at the site. A worker deposition documents employment beginning in 1965 and daily handling of phenolic materials.

Industrial hygiene records in the case file include air sampling for asbestos conducted on June 14, 1972 at operations involving compounding phenolic resins at the Kansas City facility, documenting measurable asbestos fiber concentrations during compound processing.

Plenco (Plastics Engineering Company, Sheboygan WI) responded to interrogatories in the Kansas City litigation denying sales to C.M. Moore at the Roanoke Road and Main Street addresses, which illustrates the multi-defendant compound supplier structure typical of these cases.

If you worked at JM McConnel in Kansas City

Workers who handled phenolic compound or worked in production areas at the Kansas City facility during the asbestos era may have been exposed to asbestos.

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References to manufacturers, products, and litigation history reflect what has been alleged or documented in publicly filed asbestos litigation, federal regulatory records, and industry archives. This information does not constitute a finding of fact or liability.