Document YDdmzBOK3e9E46bkj0325owXO
FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG)
DATE: Undated
DOC#: USG014
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Undated Legal - exhibits 1-9 on US Gypsum history
NAME OF COMPANY
Sequoyah Carpet Corporation Stocking Specialists, Inc. United States Gypsum Export Company United States Gypsum Urban Development
Corporation USG Acoustical Products Company USG Corporation USG de Puerto Rico, Inc. USG Foreign Investments, Ltd. USG Industries, Inc. USG International, Ltd. (DISC) USG Properties, Inc. Westbank Planting Company Windsor Shipping Limited Wiss, Janney Elstner Associates, Inc. Yeso Panamericano, S.A. de C.V.
ORGANIZED UNDER LAWS OF
Oklahoma Delaware Delaware
Delaware Delaware Delaware Delaware Delaware Delaware Delaware Delaware Louisiana Bermuda Illinois Mexico
"UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY has no subsidiaries or incorporated divisions.
2
Exhibit 1
United States Gypsum Company was established in'1901, and therefore it would be unreasonably burdensome for this defendant to determine and list any and all past and present divisions, subsidiaries, affiliated companies or stock transaction purchases of this defendant. This defendant lists below affiliated companies of United States Gypsum Company:
LISTING OF AFFILIATED COMPANIES OF UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY *
NAME OF COMPANY
101 South Wacker Co. A. Lynn Thomas Company. Incorporated A. P. Green Refractories Co. A. P. Green Refractories Limited Bigelow-Liptak Corporation Bieglow-Liptak Export Corporation (name saver) Bigelow-Liptak of Canada, Limited Brisco Mining. Ltd. Canadian Gypsum Company, Limited CIKSA. S.A. de C.V. C.N.G. Distribution Limited Compania Mexicana de Este, S. A. Construcciones. Recubrimientos Y Acabados C-S-W Drywall Supply Company DAP.Inc. Darswan, Inc. Fundy Gypsum Company, Limited Gypsum Communications Company Gypsum Energy Management Company Gypsum Transportation Limited L & W Supply Corporation Liptak Bradley Limited Little Narrows Gypsum Company Limited Marbrite Manufacturing Corp. Marstrat, Inc. Masonite Corporation Metropolitan Refractories Corporation
(name saver) North Baldwin Park Corporation Panama Gypsum Company, Inc. Panama Wallboard. Inc.
ORGANIZED UNDER LAWS OF
Delaware Virginia Delaware United Kingdom Michigan Texas Canada Canada Canada Mexico Canada Mexico Mexico Delaware Ohio Delaware Canada Illinois Delaware United Kingdom Delaware United Kingdom Canada New York Delaware Delaware
New York Oklahoma Panama Panama
Product Name Sabinite
Audicote Hi-Lite Red Top Trowel Finish
Oriental Interior Finish Plaster
Red Top Cover Coat Red Top Patching Plaster
Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular
Product Type/Use Acoustical Plaster Acoustical Plaster Acoustical Plaster Finish Plaster Finish Plaster
Finish Plaster
(Dates Approximately)
First
Last
Produced
Produced
1930 1930 1930 1930 1930
*1964 1945 1945
*1964 1945
1955
1972
1955
1972
1930 1930
1935 1935
1950
1942 1942 1942 1942 1942
1951
1972 1972 1972 1972 1944
1949 1949 1942
1950 1972 1954
E x h ib it 2
Manufacturing Locations
Fort Dodge, IA Midland, CA East Chicago, IN New Brighton, NY Gypsum, OH
New Brighton, NY Fort Dodge, IA
New Brighton, NY Fort Dodge, IA
Gypsum, OH East Chicago, IN Fort Dodge, IA New Brighton, NY Fort Dodge, IA
Oakfield, NY Fort Dodge, IA New Brighton, NY Sweetwater, TX Boston, MA Gypsum, OH Philadelphia, PA Jacksonville, FL Norfolk, VA Philadelphia, PA
Southard, OK
Finish Plaster Basecoat
1929
1942 1942 1944
1945
1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1945 1948 1948 1952
1947
1946 1951 1947
1972
1952 1959 1963 1963 1965 1966 196 7 1960 1952 1972 1960
Gypsum, OH New Brighton, NY Nephi, UT Milwaukee, WI South Gate, CA
East Chicago, IN Heath, MT Nephi, UT Midland, CA Fort Dodge, IA Detroit, MI Sweetwater, TX Loveland, CO Southard, OK Plaster City, CA Gerlach, NV Sigurd, UT Empire, NV
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Product Name
Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application
Cement Plaster Regular. Name changed to Gypsum Plaster 7/67; to Red Top Gypsum Plaster 11/68
Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application. Name changed to Red Top Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application 7/67
Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application
Product Type/Use Basecoat Basecoat
Basecoat
Basecoat
Oriental Exterior Finish Stucco
Exterior Finish Stucco
(Dates Approximately)
First
Last
Produced
Produced
1959 1972
1961 1972
Manufacturing Locations
Plaster City, CA East Chicago, IN
1943
1947
Loveland, CO
1962 1962 1964
1966 1966 1966
Gypsum, OH Detroit, MI Oakfield, NY
1955
1955 1957 1958 1963 1971 1930 1930 1930 1930 1932 1932 1949 1949
1962
1959 1962 1962 1972 1972 1973 1944 1972 1972 1944 1946 1972 1972
Boston, MA Detroit, MI East Chicago, IN Fort Dodge, IA Gypsum, OH Jacksonville, FL Loveland, CO New Brighton, NY Norfolk, VA Oakfield, NY Philadelphia, PA Plasterco, VA Southard, OK Sweetwater, TX Milwaukee, WI Shoals, IN Plaster City, CA Fort Dodge, IA Detroit, MI
Fort Dodge, IA Gypsum, OH New Brighton, NY Oakfield, NY Sweetwater, TX Boston, MA Philadelphia, PA Milwaukee, WI Jacksonville, FL Philadelphia, PA Norfolk, VA
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Product Name
Product Type/Use
(Dates Approximately)
First
Last
Produced
Produced
Manufacturing Locations
Pyrobar Mortar Mix
Aggregated plaster
1969 1969
1970 1972
East Chicago, IN New Brighton, NY
Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler Machine Application
Specialty plaster
1971
1972
Empire, NV
Bondcrete
Basecoat
1940
1943
Midland, CA
SPRAYDON STANDARD A
Fireproofing
1966
1971
S. Plainfield, NJ Torrance, CA
SPRAYDON STANDARD G
Fireproofing
1968
1970
S. Plainfield, NJ Torrance, CA
SPRAYDON POWERCOTE0
Thermal Insulation
1969
1971
Corsicana, TX
0 SprayDon - U. S. Gypsum manufactured this product pursuant to the specification of Sprayon Research Corporation.
FIRECODE V FIRECODE D ***ACOUSTONE 120
ACOUSTONE 180 USG
Fireproofing Plaster
Fireproofing Plaster
Ceiling Tile
Ceiling Tile
Texture
Texolite Pac-Tex
Texture Texture
1964 1959 1967 1966 1964
1961 1943
1968 1964 1975 1976 1976
1967 1963
East Chicago, IN New Brighton, NY Empire, NV
New Brighton, NY East Chicago, IN Empire, NV
Gypsum, OH Walworth, WI
Walworth, WI Gypsum, OH
Gypsum, OH Sweetwater, TX Dallas, TX Chamblee, GA Midway, IL South Gate, CA
Gypsum, OH Dallas, TX New Brighton, NY South Gate, CA
South Gate, CA Dallas, TX Sweetwater, TX
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Product Name Imperial QT
Product Type/Use Texture
"SHEETROCK" Texture Texture
Textone
Texture
USG Textone
Texture Paint
USG A-B TEX
Texture Paint Texture Paint
Other Products (By generic group) Paste Spackiing Putty
Pipecoverings
(Dates Approximately)
First
Last
Produced
Produced
1964
1976
1964 1944
1976 1975
1928
1974
1954 1967
1964 1976
1935 1959 only 1973 only
1949
Manufacturing Locations
South Gate, CA Dallas, TX Gypsum, OH Midway, IL New Brighton, NY Chamblee, GA
Gypsum, OH Dallas, TX Midway, IL South Gate, CA
Gypsum, OH Sweetwater, TX South Gate, CA Dallas, TX New Brighton, NY
South Gate, CA Gypsum, OH Chamblee, GA New Brighton, NY Sweetwater, TX
Chamblee, GA Sweetwater, TX Gypsum, OH
Gypsum, OH New Brighton, NY Sweetwater, TX Midway, IL Chamblee, GA South Gate, CA
1952 1936
1975 1938
New Brighton, NY Gypsum, OH Chamblee, GA Sweetwater, TX
Jersey City, NJ
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Product Name Joint Compounds
P r n H n ^ TVpe/U se
(Dates Approximately)
First
Last
Produced
Produced
1920s?
1976
Manufacturing Locations
Gypsum, OH Midway, IL Chamblee, GA Dallas, TX East Chicago, IN Jacksonville, FL South Gate, CA New Brighton, NY Sweetwater, TX
Rigid Block Insulation
1943 1970
1950 1971
East Chicago, IN Greenville, MS
Siding Shingles
1937
1975
East Chicago, IN
Roofing
1937 196 7 Possible other dates
1946 1975
Jersey City, NJ St. Paul, MN South Gate, CA
Thermalux
Electric Heating
1961
1965
Shoals, IN (Assembled)
Asbestos Cement
Insulation purposes where sheet and block insulation would be impractical.
1936
1939
Jersey City, NJ
NOTE: Not all products were made at all plants at all times listed.
* May have been produced until this date, but sales diminished substantially by the mid-1950's.*
** Some of these products (Red Top Trowel Finish; Oriental Interior Finish Plaster; Red Top Cover Coat Finish Plaster; Red Top Patching Plaster; Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster Regular Basecoat; Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster Machine Application Basecoat; Cement Plaster - Regular, Name changed to Gypsum Plaster 7/67, to Red Top Gypsum Plaster Basecoat 11/68; Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application - Name changed to Red Top Gypsum Basecoat for Machine Application; Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application Basecoat; Oriental Exterior Finish Stucco; Pyrobar Mortar Mix; Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler - Machine Application) did not have asbestos as part of their formulation at all manufacturing locations at all times.
*** Some of these products did not have asbestos as part of their formulation.
Most of the products identified in this Exhibit have a shelf life of approximately six months, with some variation due to humidity and storage conditions. It is the policy of the defendant to provide this information to all customers. Therefore, date of last production approximates date of last sale, though U. S. Gypsum is not certain whether shelf life guidelines were adhered to by its customers. Reasonable investigation continuing.
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Exhibit 3
PERCENTAGE OF ASBESTOS (VOLUME)
ACOUSTICAL PLASTERS PRODUCTS
SABINITE "TF" S A B I N ITE "B"
SABINITE 38 (HYDRAULIC)
SABINITE ACOUSTICAL PLASTER
SABINITE "M" and SABINITE SPECIAL WHITE SABINITE "F"
SABINITE "A" or SABINITE HYDROCAL
HI-LITE ACOUSTICAL PLASTER AUDICOTE SPECIAL WHITE
DATE
No Change
04/18/33 11/03/33
11/10/30 04/18/32 01/13/37 07/12/39
05/23/30 01/01/31 06/29/32 05/03/40
10/18/40 01/23/48
02/27/44 07/28/50 07/28/50 09/18/52
04/04/31 04/18/33 11/03/33
06/09/53 03/31/55
09/15/55 08/24/56 10/31/56 12/14/56 03/27/57 12/02/57 12/02/57 03/10/58 03/27/58 04/04/58 05/16/58 05/29/58 05/29/58 05/29/59
PERCENT ASBESTOS
4.90%
2.00% 4.00%
2.40% 3.00% 2.00% 3.00%
.98% 2.50% 2.00% 4.00%
4.00% 6.30%
4.00% 3.00% 4.00% 3.00%
4.00% 2.00% 4.00%
6.20% 6.30%
8.25% 7.62% 7.60% 8.00% 7.70% 6.95% 22.50% 7.10% 6.95% 22.50% 16.89% 17.09% 16.89% 16.88%
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ACOUSTICAL PLASTERS PRODUCTS
AUDICOTE SATIN WHITE
RED TOP ACOUSTICAL PLASTER* *SPRAYDON STANDARD A *SPRAYDON STANDARD G *SPRAYDON POWERCOTE
DATE
05/29/59 12/06/60 07/14/61 07/06/62 08/07/62 02/05/64 08/11/64
09/15/55 08/24/56 10/31/56 03/27/57 12/02/57 03/10/58 03/27/58 04/04/58 05/16/58 05/29/58 05/29/58 05/29/59 05/29/59 12/06/60 07/14/61 07/06/62 08/07/62 02/05/64 12/22/64
04/25/51
No Change
No Change
No Change
PERCENT ASBESTOS
16.93% 8.33% 8.46% 7.63% 7.65% 7.64% 7.63%
8.43% 7.78% 7.76% 7.47% 26.24% 8.06% 7.47% 26.24% 19.66% 19.49% 19.66% 19.22% 19.70% 8.60% 8.73% 7.8 5% 7.87% 7.86% 7.85%
9.70%
29.70%
7.60%
30.00%
* SprayDon - U. S. Gypsum manufactured this product pursuant to the specifications of Sprayon Research Corporation
TEXTURE PRODUCTS
DATE
PERCENT ASBESTOS
PAC-TEX
1943 1953 1954
4.5 4.5 - 6.0 3.5
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A-B TEX
USG TEXTONE TEXTURE PAINT
SPECIAL TEXTURE PAINT SPRAY TEXTURE PAINT IMPROVED SPRAY TEXTURE MULTI-PURPOSE TEXTURE SANDED COLORED TEXTURE PAINT USG MULTI-PURPOSE TEXTURE PAINT USG TEXTURE PAINT SPRAY TEXTURE PAINT
USG MULTI-PURPOSE SPECIAL WHITE USG MULTI-PURPOSE USG MULTI-PURPOSE SPECIAL TEXTURE PAINT USG MULTI-PURPOSE SPRAY TEXTURE
1935 1943 1944
1928 1930 1934 1938 1943 1947 1952 1955 1956 1958 1960 1970 1971
No Change
No Change
No Change
No Change
No Change
1954 1964
No Change
1966 1968 1969
No Change
No Change
No Change
1956
No Change
4.0 4.5 4.0
3.3 - 4.5 2.8 - 4.5 3.3 - 4.5 2.67 - 5.0 2.67 - 6.0 2.57 - 8.0 2.5 - 3.5 1.2 - 3.5 2.3 - 3.5 1.2 - 6.0 1.2 - 10.0
.5 - 10.0 .5 - 3.5
3.0 - 4.0
1.5 - 2.5
1.5 - 2.5
6.0 - 10.0
2.0 - 4.0
1.0 - 1.4 6.0 - 10.0
2.5
Unknown 5.0 2.0
5.0
6.0 - 10.0
4.0
Unknown
4.0
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USG MULTI-PURPOSE SPRAY TEXTURE
SPRAY TEXTURE
1972 1973
No Change
AB TEX TEXTURE PAINT
No Change
AB TEX TEXTURE PAINT USG TEXTURE
No Change No Change
MULTI-PURPOSE
1971
SPRAY TEXTURE PAINT WHITE
SPRAY TEXTURE PAINT
1969 1973
1958 1971
SPRAY TEXTURE PAINT
No Change
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
No Change
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
No Change
SPRAY TEXTURE
No Change
SPRAY TEXTURE
No Change
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
No Change
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
1961 1962
AGGREGATED SPRAY TEXTURE
No Change
AGGREGATED SPRAY TEXTURE
1962 1963
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
No Change
"QT" SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
1964 1969 1971
IMPERIAL QT SPRAY
No Change
AGGREGATED SPRAY
No Change Page 4 of 8
Unknown 4.0 1.5 - 2.5
.5 1.2 - 1.6 1.6 - 3.5 Unknown 7.3 0.0 1.5 - 3.0 4.5 - 6.0 1.5 - 3.0 8.0
8.0
1.5 - 3.0 1.5 - 4.0 8.0
Unknown 8.0 1.0 1.0
.5 - 1.5 2.0 2.0 5.0 4.4 1.5 2.8
IMPERIAL QT REGULAR VERMICULITE
SPRAY TEXTURE
SMOOTH HARD FINISH
IMPERIAL QT TEXTURE
USG SUPER HARD SPRAY
USG SPRAY TEXTURE
SPRAY TEXTURE FINISH
USG TEXTURE XII
USG SPRAY TEXTURE
USG TEXTURE XII SUPER VINYL
USG SPRAY TEXTURE FINISH
SHEETROCK SMOOTHCOAT
USG EXTERIOR TEXTURE WALLBOARD FINISH
EXTRA HARD FINE IMPERIAL QT
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY TEXTURE
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY TEXTURE
IMPERIAL QT TEXTURE
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
No Change
No Change No Change No Change No Change No Change No Change No Change No Change 1971 1972 1971 1974 No Change No Change
No Change
No Change
No Change
No Change No Change
No Change
No Change
2.0
5.0 1.0 2.0 1.2 5.0
. 1 3.0 5.0 3.0 Unknown 4.0 5.0 1.0 4.0
1.0 - 3
8.0
8.0
4.0 6.0
6.5
10.0
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SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
No Change
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
No Change
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
No Change
SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
No Change
IMPERIAL QT
No Change
IMPERIAL QT
No Change
IMPERIAL QT
No change
IMPERIAL QT
No Change
MULTI-PURPOSE TEXTURE
No Change
READY-MIXED SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
1966
IMPERIAL QT
1966
IMPERIAL QT
1966
IMPERIAL QT
1966
IMPERIAL QT
1966
IMPERIAL QT Polystrene
1966
SHEETROCK RADIANT HEAT SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
1966
SHEETROCK SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
1966
SHEETROCK SIMULATED ACOUSTICAL SPRAY
1966
AGGREGATED SPRAY TEXTURE
1966
IMPERIAL QT REGULAR
1967
IMPERIAL QT REGULAR NC-4
1967 1968
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8.0
2.5 - 4,
2.5 - 3,
2.0
2.0 8.0 5.0 4.0 2.6 Unknown
4.0 .94 - '
2.0 - 3 3.0 6.0 6.0
2.0
3.5
5.0
Unknown 8.0 6.0
IMPERIAL QT
No Change
2.0
USG SPRAY TEXTURE FINISH
1965
. 5
USG SPRAY TEXTURE FINISH
1965
. 5
XH WHITE
1968
.5 - 1.5
AGGREGATED SPRAY TEXTURE
No Change
1.0
IMPERIAL QT
No Change
2.0
IMPERIAL QT
No Change
4.0
IMPERIAL QT COARSE VERMICULITE
No Change
2.0
IMPERIAL QT COARSE VERMICULITE
1970
5.1
1971
6 .1
USG SPRAY TEXTURE R
No Change
1.5
USG CONCRETE CEILING TEXTURE
No Change
6.0
TEXTONE TEXTURE FINISH
1944 1967 1972
2.5 - 4.5 3.5 - 5.5 2.5 - 4.5
Miscellaneous Specialty PI asters - Generally less than 1%
Firepcoofina Plasters
Firecode V Firecode V Type D
Approximately 12% Approximately 12%
Ceiling Tile
Acoustone 120* Acoustone 180
Approximately 3% Approximately 3%
Texture Products - Approximately 3 - 5 %. Investigation continues as to individual texture products.
Paste Spackling Putty - Approximately 3%
Pipecoverings - Approximately 30 - 91%
*Not all formu l a t i o n s c o ntained asbestos. Page 7 of 8
Joint Compounds - Approximately 3 - 5 % Rigid Block Insulation - Approximately 10 - 21% Mortar - Less than 1% Siding Shingles - Approximately 12 - 15% Roofing Shingles - Approximately 0.6 - 1%
Variation in asbestos content is usually reflective of formula changes relative to working properties.
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Exhibit 4
ASBESTOS CONTAINING PRODUCTS Acoustical Plasters - grayish-white; Miscellaneous Specialty Plasters - white to off-white plus some pastels for two products; Fireproofing - gravish-white; Fireproofing Plasters - white to off-white; Ceiling Tile - white to off-white Texture Products - white to off-white; Paste Spack-ling Putty, Pipecoverings, Joint Compounds, Rigid Block Insulation, Mortar - white to off-white; Siding - white, gray, ivory, green, brown; Roofing - red, green, blue, brown, black and gray
Exhibit 5
U. S. G y p s u m does not maintain examples of actual packaging
in the normal cour se of business. All packaging contained the
product name, this defendant's name, directions and instructions
for use. To this defendant's best knowledge, information and
belief, the produc t packaging for its asbestos-containing
products was as fo H o w s :
Acoustical Plaster
Kraft Paper Bags
Miscellaneous Plas ters
Kraft Paper Bags
Stucco
Kraft Paper Bags
Firep r o o f i n g Plast er Joint Compound
Kraft Paper Bags
Kraft Paper Bags, metal and plastic buckets and cardboard cartons
Spray Textures
Kraft Paper Bags, metal and plastic buckets and cardboard cartons
Block Insulation
Cardboard Cartons
Pipecovering
Cardboard Cartons
Spackling Paste
Metal and plastic cans buckets and pails
Ceiling Tile
Cardboard Cartons
Asbestos Cement
Burlap bags, cardboard cartons
Available packaging bulletins dealing with products which plaintiff can establish were relevant to this lawsuit will be made available to the plaintiff for inspection at a mutually convenient time at 101 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.
Asbestos-Containing Products Reasons for Discontinuation:
Exhibit 6
I. Sabinite was replaced by Audicote and Hi-Lite in the marketplace. Audicote and Hi-Lite were discontinued because the low profitability of these products did not justify the expense of research efforts to reformulate without asbestos.
II. Cost of Compliance with proposed lower OSHA standards within the plant.
III. At the direction of Sprayon Research Corporation.
IV. The low p rofitability of these products did not justify the expense of research efforts to reformulate without asbestos.
V. L o w Profitability.
Product Categories
Acoustical Plasters Plasters Fireproofing Plasters Fireproofing Thermal Insulation Ceiling Tile Textures Roof ing Joint Compounds Pipe Covering Asbestos Cement Rigid Block Insulawion Block Insulation Cement Siding Paste Spackling Putty
Reason for Discontinuation
I II V III III II II II II V V V IV II & IV II
Last Date of Manufacture
1974 1972 1970 1972 ' 1971 1976 1976 1976 1976 1938 1939 1950 1971 1975 1975
* Includes production by subsidiary.
** U. S. Gyp s u m C o mpany manufactured this product pursuant to the specifications of Sprayon Research Corporation.
i' The following represents this defendant's best current information:
Exhibit 7
ORGANIZATION
Gypsum Association
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP
HEALTH HAZARDS OF ASBESTOS DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS ATTENDED BY UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY PERSONNEL
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY______________
1930-present
Asbestos discussed at all of the following:
Membership meetings:
10/27/71 - 10/28/71 E. W. Duffy, W. W. Holloway, A. J. Watt
4/5/72 - J. H. Crumbaugh, A. R. Rump, C. G. Gramor, A. J. Watt, M. L. Hepsher, W. W. Holloway
4/4/73 - J. S. Bush, W. W. Holloway, A. J. Watt, C. G. Gramor, J. D. May, J. J. McLaughlin
Minutes of meetings, but these documents are not in this defendant's files produced to this defendant in litigation by Gypsum Association.
This defendant does not know if such individuals actually attended meetings listed in documents producet to this defendant by Gypsum Association in other litigation.
Also, some test results are in this defendant's files.
10/10/73 - 10/12/73 W. W. Holloway, A. J. Watt
Safety Committee Meetings:
9/20/66 - P. D. Fix, G. R. Krug
9/17/67 - C. P. Kipp
3/19/68 - 3/20/68 - G. R. Krug
10/25/71 - W. E. Halley, J. D. Cornell, J. M. Rochers
9/19/73 - J. D. Cornell
3/7/74 - J. D. Cornell, M. R. Helton
8/14/74 - J. D. Cornell
Manufacturing & Mining Committee:
4/3/73 - W. W. Holloway, H. D. Gobrecht
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ORGANIZATION Gypsum Association (cont.)
Industrial Health Foundation (But not Industrial Hygiene Foundation)
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP
HEALTH HAZARDS OF ASBESTOS DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS ATTENDED BY UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY PERSONNEL
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY______________
Manufacturing & Mining Committee:
1974-1981 (budget cut backs forced United States Gypsum Company to drop membership)
4/9/74 - W. W. Holloway
10/8/74 - W. W. Holloway, H. D. Gobrecht
8/10/76 - J. D. Cornell, K. E. Mohler, W. Lewis
Technical Committee:
2/14/73 - 12/16/73 J. H. Crumbaugh
8/1/73 - 8/3/73 J. H. Crumbaugh, A. L. Hampton, R. L. Selbe
11/73 and 1/74 - unknown
2/13/74 - 2/15/74 J. H. Crumbaugh
8/7/74 - 8/9/74 J. H. Crumbaugh, R. L. Selbe
Board of Directors:
4/5/73, 10/12/73 A. J. Watt
No business meetings Some "discussionals"
Industrial Hygiene Digest Monthly Abstracts 1/74 - 12/81 (JDC's)
Asbestos was discussed at the following meetings:
Annual Business Reports (JDC's)
Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Asbestos Sampling Chemicals for Industrial Hygiene C. Roe 1978-1979
Toxicology Chemicals and Engineering S. H. Beming - 1/10/79 - 1/21/79
ORGANIZATION
Lime Association ^National Insulation Manufacturers Association (Founded in 1958) (Now TIMA) Thermal Insulation Manufacturers Association
National Insulation Contractors Association (Associate Member) National Safety Council
National Mineral Wool Association
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP
HEALTH HAZARDS OF ASBESTOS DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS ATTENDED BY UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY PERSONNEL
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY______________
Industrial Hygiene Techniques Update, Advanced Industrial Hygiene
S. H. Beming - 11/12/79 - 11/14/79
Seminar Regarding Industrial Health J. D. Cornell - 6/8/75 - 6/9/75
Other personnel involved: J. D. Cornell, S. H. Beming, K. S. Freeman, C. Roe
exact date unknown
unknown
none
1973-1974
unknown
Minutes produced in other litigation (Wm. Simpson deposition) (1958-?)
1974-present none
Some mass correspondence letters regarding committees J. D. Cornell was on health and safety, public information, medical and scientific dated 1978 to the present.
unknown (perhaps 1972-present?)
none
NICA by Laws dated 1975; NICA's 1981 Annual Report.
1914-present none
1943?-1957 mid-1960's mid-1970's
none
Transactions from 1912-1978 records of all presentations and papers produced at Phillip E. Schmidt, deposits and document production April 17, 1984, in Neil Wood:
none
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ORGANIZATION
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP
*Contracting Plaster and Lathers International (Associate Member)
1960-1969
*Intemational Association Wall and Ceiling Contractors (Associate Member)
1970-1976
*Gypsum Drywall Contractors International (Associate Member)
1960-1976 unknown
*Association of Wall and Ceiling Contractors Industries International Gypsum Drywall Contractors International (Associate Member)
1976-1979
^Association of Wall and Ceiling Contractors Industries International
1980-present
American Society of Safety Engineers
exact dates unknown
American Industrial
Hygienists
Association
exact dates unknown
HEALTH HAZARDS OF ASBESTOS DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS ATTENDED BY UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY PERSONNEL none
none
none
none
none
unknown unknown
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DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY Some documents in M. V. Cook's and J. Edwards' files
Some documents in M. V. Cook's and J. Edwards' files
Some documents in M. V. Cook's and J. Edwards' files
Some documents in M. V. Cook's and J. Edwards' files
none none
ORGANIZATION
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP
Employing Plasterers Association (Associate Member)
present
Metal Lath Association
1950's-1964
Pulp and Paper Institute
1950's-1964
Hardboard Association
1950's-1964
Health and Safety Council of Asbestos Cement Products Association
19672-1971?
Asbestos Information Association of North America Unknown if a member.
National Bureau of Standards
not a member not a member
American Standards Association (never a member ; served on committees) became ANSI 1969 similar to ASTM (sustaining member)
unknown; involvement at least 15 years ago
HEALTH HAZARDS OF ASBESTOS DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS ATTENDED BY UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY PERSONNEL unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
G. R. Krug - 11/19/68 C. P. Kipp (deceased) or L. A. Tobey (deceased) 2/17/70; 2/18/70; 3/19/70; 5/19/70; 11/19/70 none
1978 - J. D. Cornell, K. S. Freeman (retired) Rockville, MD, jointly sponsored by NBS and NIOSH re: Asbestos and Health unknown
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY none
none none none November 21, 1968 memo from Krug to Kipp re: meeting and various minutes from other meetings.
none
none
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ORGANIZATION
Asbestos Textile Institute
SOEH/IOEH
DATES OF MEMBERSHIP
never a member
never a member
HEALTH HAZARDS OF ASBESTOS DISCUSSED AT MEETINGS ATTENDED BY UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY PERSONNEL
none
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY_______________
"Occupational Exposures to Fibrous and Particulate Dust and Their Extentions into the Environment" 12/5/77 - 12/7/77 J. D. Cornell (others?)
none
*Membership information pertaining to these organizations is not available in this defendant's files.
United States Gypsum Company does not and has not belonged to: Quebec Asbestos Mining Association - QAMA Asbestos Research Council of England Public Health Bulletin Service Plastering and Lath Association Chicago Plastering Institute Perlite Institute
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Exhibit 9
United States Gypsum Company has been aware since the mid-1930's that inhalation of large quantities of asbestos fibers for long periods of time could produce a pneumoconiotic lung condition known as asbestosis. United States Gypsum Company is presently unaware of specifically now it acquired this knowledge.
United States Gypsum Company is not aware of precisely when it first knew of the relationship between the inhalation of asbestos fibers and the development of bronchogenic carcinoma, except that it does know that one of its employees, E. C. Beuthin. United States Gypsum Company's first Safety Director, has stated in his deposition that he attended a conference in 1955, at which papers discussing this relationship were presented.
Documents produced in other litigation pertaining to this issue have come to U. S. Gypsum's attention. These documents were produced by other parties; U. S. Gypsum has not found them in its own files and can make no representations concerning the origin or authenticity of those documents. The documents suggest that in approximately October 1948, U. S. Gypsum may have received a draft report concerning inhalation experiments on laboratory animals exposed to high levels of asbestos dust. It was reported that some of the animals developed lesions described variously as lung cancer and non-malignant adenomas. U. S. Gypsum believes that these are the same experimental results reported to the National Cancer Institute by Dr. L. U. Gardner in 1943 and Dr. Kenneth M. Lynch in 1947 and referred to
by Drs. Lynch, Mclver and Cain in their 1956 published article, "Pulmonary Tumors In Mice Exposed To Asbestos Dust," 15 A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health 207 (March 1957), which was received for publication in 1956.
United States Gypsum Company is now aware that the first published study which established a direct association between the inhalation of asbestos fibers and the development of mesothelioma was the 1960 epidemiological study entitled "Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in the North Western Cape Province" by J. C. Wagner, et al., which described mesothelioma occurrence among persons exposed to crocidolite, at or near crocidolite mines in South Africa.
United States Gypsum Company is not aware of precisely when it first knew of the relationship between the inhalation of asbestos fibers and the development of mesothelioma, except that it believes that the first employee to become aware of this association was G. R. Krug, one of United States Gypsum Company's former Safety Directors. Mr. Krug has testified that he first became aware in the early to mid-1960's of the association between exposure to asbestos fibers and the development of mesothelioma in asbestos miners, as a result of reading articles in newspapers and magazines.
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