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FILE NAME Kaiser Gypsum KG DATE 1986 DOC KG042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Legal - Responses to Interrogatories 0 PATRICK J. HAGAN ESQ CURTIS A. CANFIELD ESQ KINCAID GIANUNZIO CAUDLE & HUBERT 200 Webster Street Oakland CA 94607-0828 415 465-5212 ) 4] Attorneys for Defendants KAISER and KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY INC CEMENT CORPORATION 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 IN IN THE AND SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN DEPARTMENT 5 CALIFORNIA FRANCISCO IN RE COMPLEX ASBESTOS LITIGATION / NO 1327 a KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION AND KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY INC'S RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF'S STANDARD INTERROGATORIES TO DEFENDANTS 15 16 PROPOUNDING PARTY 17 RESPONDING PARTY : 18 SET 3 19 DATE : 20 Plaintiffs Defendants KAISER KAISER CEMENT GYPSUM CORPORATION COMPANY INC STANDARD FEBRUARY 12 1986 21 COME NOW Defendants KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION herein- 22 after KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY INC herein- 23 after KAISER GYPSUM and in answer to the Standard Interrog- 24 atories propounded by Plaintiffs state as follows 25 26 27 | 28 OFFICES OF GIANUNZIO & CAUDLE HUBERT A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 200 WEBSTER STREET OAKLAND CA 94607-3789 415 465-5212 KINCAID GIANUNZIO CAUDLE & HUBERT A Professional Corporation ACSESQ By (Yd CURTIAS. CANFIELD ESQ (00% INTRODUCTORY NOTE a) ed 3 ; a In order to answer these Interrogatories answering defendants conducted a thorough search of their existing records and interviewed present and past employees of KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM The following answers are based upon information presently known Discovery is continuing and defendants reserve the right to supplement their answers whenever additional and more accurate information becomes known Many of plaintiffs Interrogatories asked defendants to identify or attach documents Many of the records and documents requested are available and now in the custody of KAISER CEMENT or KAISER GYPSUM However many documents and records predating 1968 have either been destroyed discarded or misplaced and are therefore unavailable of course defendants will permit plaintiffs to inspect and copy any privileged relevant business records still in their possession upon reasonable notice The business records of KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM are located at 100 Webster Street Oakland California GENERAL OBJECTIONS KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM object to these Interogatories to the extent that they call for information protected by the attorney privilege or work product doctrine , Responding to these Interrogatories is not intended to be and does not constitute a waiver of any objections //// /// A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION WE BSTER STREET AKLAND CA 94607.3789 415 465-5212 ANSWER 1 a Donna M. Anderson b KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION 300 Lakeside , 5 Drive Oakland California 94612 6 c Assistant Secretary of both KAISER CEMENT 5 and KAISER GYPSUM d Ms. Anderson was first employed by KAISER CEMENT 9 on May 20 1975 as a Secretary She was an Executive Secretary 10 from 1977 - June 1979 when she was elected Assistant Secretary 11 of KAISER CEMENT She was first employed by KAISER GYPSUM in 12 June 1979 upon her election as Assistant Secretary of that 13 company as well 14 ANSWER 15 2. Both KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM are corporations 16 KAISER CEMENT 17 a KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION 18 b Delaware 19 c March 16 -1982 KAISER CEMENT a California 20 Corporation was originally incorporated 2/10/39 Through a 21 reincorporation merger effective May 4 1982 that company 2222 was merged with a Delaware corporation of the same name which had 2222 been incorporated in Delaware 3/16/82 2222 d 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland California 94612 25 e Yes 1939 to present 26 f Yes CT Corporation whose address is known 27 to plaintiffs attorney 28 g Not applicable. ee eS a UN Ry PTO SS ave ea O De eaee er a Te en ne ee ee Se es el PORE em Ss on oy KAISER GYPSUM 2 a KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY INC 3 b Washington > c November 28 1927 5 d KAISER GYPSUM no longer actively conducts any 6 business but the corporate headquarters are locateadt 300 7 Lakeside Drive Oakland California e Yes 1952 to present 9 f Yes C.T. Corporation whose address is known 10 to plaintiffs attorney g KAISER GYPSUM is a wholly owned subsidiary of 11 12 KAISER CEMENT 13 ANSWER NO 3 14 KAISER CEMENT Yes Permanente Cement Company 1939 to 1964 15 KAISER CEMENT & GYPSUM CORPORATION 1964 to 1979 16 17 KAISER GYPSUM 18 No. 19 ANSWER NO 4 20 KAISER CEMENT Yes 21 a Henry J. Kaiser Company 22 KAISER b As of August 1 1952 CEMENT purchased for 23 cash from Henry J. Kaiser Company the business and certain 24 assets of a division of that company engaged in the manufacture 25 of wallboard and related gypsum products 26 27 c Certain joint compounds and texture paints may have 28 //// contained small amounts of asbestos at the time of such acquisition and contained asbesto fosr limited periods of time therafter 4 KAISER GYPSUM 5 No. 5 ANSWER NO 5 KAISER CEMENT 8 No. 9 KAISER GYPSUM 10 No. 11 ANSWER NO 6 12 Objection vague ambiguous and overly broad Without 13 waiving these objections the defendants answer as follows 14 a The sales and purchase records of both KAISER CEMENT 15 and KAISER GYPSUM relatintgo sales and purchase made during 16 the years in which each company's products contained asbestos 17 which are still in existence are located at 100 Webster Street 18 Oakland California Other corporate records of both KAISER 19 CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM are located at 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland California 21 b The custodian of records for both KAISER ~ EMENT and 22 KAISER GYPSUM'S corporate records is CLIFF W. ROGERS Manager 2 Administrative Services KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION 300 2 Lakeside Drive Oakland California 25 ANSWER NO 7 2 KAISER CEMENT 27 a through h No. 28 KAISER GYPSUM a through h No. 2 ANSWER NO 8 3 KAISER CEMENT & a Yes 1960 to 1977 5 b No. c Yes See a above 6d Yes See a above 8 e Yes See a above 9 Yes See a above 10 g Yes See a above 11 ANSWER NO 9 KAISER GYPSUM a Yes 1953 to 1978 b No. dae Yes See a above dae Yes See a above dae Yes See a above f Yes See a above g Yes See a above 12 applicable for both KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM 13 ANSWER NO 10 . 14 a Please refer to Exhibit A attached hereto 15 b 16 I. Information unavailable 17 II Information unavailable 18 III Please refer to Exhibit A attached hereto for 19 relevant dates c 21 I. Please refer to Exhibit A attached hereto for 22 relevant dates 23 II applicable 24 d Objection this part is burdensome and 25 harassing Answering defendant's products were produced at 26 various manufacturing facilities in different regions of the 27 United States The percentage of asbestos and other materials 28 used in the manufacture of these products varied according to -6- the region in which the product was manufactured To attempt to provide exact figures for each product produced at each manufacturing facility would be burdensome inordinately In lieu of a detailed answer and without waiving said objections answering defendants volunteer the following general information KAISER CEMENT PRODUCTS Kaiser Plastic Gun Cement and Kaiser Plastic Cement hand were composed primarily of powdered Portland Cement Additionally each of these products contains small amounts of asbestos in the 10 percentages listed on Exhibit A. Kaiser Masonry Cement was compose 11 primarily of Portland Cement Additionally this product contained 12 approximately .4 asbestos 13 KAISER GYPSUM PRODUCTS 14 Joint compounds were composed of finely ground materials 15 including casein clay talcs limestone and mica In addition 16 each of these products contains small amounts of asbestos in the 17 percentages listed on Exhibit A. 18 Kaiser Texture Paints were composed primarily of casein 19 limestone and mica In addition these products contained small 20 amounts of asbestos in the percentages listed on Exhibit A. 21 Kaiser Mineral Fiberboard was composed primarily of 22 various wood fibers clays starch and mineral wool In addition 23 this product contained approximately 1.6 asbestos 24 primarily KAISER GYPSUM Fire Wallboard was composed 25 of gypsum glass fiber and paper fiber Vermiculite was also added 26 to it 27 All KAISER GYPSUM products except KAISER GYPSUM Null 28 Wallboard contained the chrysotile type of asbestos KAISER GYPSUM Fire Wallboard contained a very small amount of 7 a ( . i ee Tremolite which was totally encapsulated in the Vermiculite Answering defendant believes that KAISER CEMENT products contained the chrysotile type asbestos However answering defendant reserves the right to supplement this answer if additional information is obtained In addition answering defendant understands that contractors typically mixed the KAISER CEMENT products with three to five parts by weight of sand so that the percentage of asbestos was less than % in the product actually applied 10 e Please refer to Exhibit A attached hereto 11 f Please refer to Exhibit A attached hereto 12 Additionally answering defendants do not believe that their 13 products were subject to temperature limitations However 14 discovery is continuing and answering defendants reserve the 15 right to supplement their answer if additional information 16 becomes known 17 g Objection Vague ambiguous burdensome and irrelevant 18 Without waiving these objections defendants answer as follows 19 Unknown 20 h Raw asbestos for KAISER CEMENT products was purchased from , 21 the following sources 22 Pacific Asbestos Corp. Copperopolis CA Division 23 Asbestos Bonding Corp. of Shute Corp. 24 Napa CA 25 Paul W. Wood address not known 26 Canadian Manville address not known 27 John K. Bice Company Inc. address unknown 29 E. S. Browning Company address unknown - 8 - to Y Shay, wan ) Atlas Asbestos Company address unknown Hill Brothers address unknown //// /// /// 6 /// 7 /// 8 /// 9 /// 10 | 11 /// /// 12 /// 13 /// 14 /// 15 /// 16 /// 17 /// 18 /// 19 /// 220 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 22 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// - 8a - > a -ad ( an 1 2 3 + 5 a 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Raw Asbestos for KAISER GYPSUM products was purchased from the following sources Western Chemical Company Los Angeles California Philip Carey Corp. Carey Canadian Asbestos P.O. Box 15070 Cincinnati Ohio 45215 Manville Sales Corp. address unknown Union Carbide Company address unknown The time period of such supply is unknown to answering defendants i Neither KAISER CEMENT nor KAISER GYPSUM has ever sold any products containing asbestos to shipyards KAISER CEMENT sold products containing small percentages of asbestos to a large number of governmental Arizona and Nevada from 1960 to 1977. customers in California KAISER GYPSUM sold products containing small percentages of asbestos to a large Western number of governmental customers in the United States Texas and East Coast States from 1953 to 1978 The sales records for KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM have not always been kept in a systematic or organized manner Further most KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM records pre- dating 1968 have either been destroyed discarded or misplaced For the years 1968 through 1977 KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM have approximately eight hundred Bekins boxes filled with individual sales orders and invoices which are not categorized in any particular fashion other than by = year To provide the specific information which has been requested would require extracting and compiling data from approximately eight hundred Bekins boxes This would be excessively -9- -9- -9-  ed 1 3 burdensome and oppressive Upon reasonable notice counsel for plaintiff may review any such privileged documents at 100 Webster Street Oakland California j Please refer to answer to part i above The present custodian of defendant's sales records is 6 Cliff Rogers Manager Administrative Services KAISER 7 CEMENT CORPORATION 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland California 8 ANSWER NO 11 9 Unknown as to both KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM 10 ANSWER NO 12 11 Neither KAISER CEMENT nor KAISER GYPSUM entered into 12 any such rebranding agreements 13 ANSWER NO 13 14 applicable See Answer to Interrogatory No. 12 15 above 16 ANSWER NO 14 17 For both KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM the answer 18 is No not to defendants knowledge 19 ANSWER NO 15 20 Yes Beginning in 1972 warning labels were placed on 21 containers of all products manufactured by both KAISER CEMENT 22 and KAISER GYPSUM which contained asbestos 23 a These labels were approximately 4 x " in size 24 and were brightly colored They were prominently displayed 25 on the side of each can or bag or product Labels were never 26 placed on the products themselves since most the products 27 came in the form of either powder or paste The warning read 28 as follows Caution contains asbestos fiber avoid -~ 10 ~ om * 7 , - veh 5 f } breathing dust breathing asbestos dust may cause serious bodily harm See Exhibit B attached hereto 1972 b until the products no longer contained asbestos c The warnings were never altered amended or changed ANSWER NO 16 applicable ANSWER NO 17 KAISER CEMENT the name trademark etc. of KAISER CEMENT never 10 appeared on any of its products themselves because these 11 products were sold in the form of powder 12 KAISER GYPSUM 13 Most KAISER GYPSUM products were sold in the form of 14 either powder or paste The name and trade mark of KAISER 15 GYPSUM was placed on only KAISER GYPSUM Fire Type X 16 Wallboard a product which contained a minute asbestos impurtiy 17 in one of its components The name KAISER GYPSUM and the 18 trade name Fire Type X appeared on the edge of each 19 sheet of such wallboard KAISER GYPSUM Null Wallboard 20 contained the name and trademark of its manufacturer during 21 the entire time in which it was produced 1969 through 1978 . 22 Obviously the purpose of such markings was to provide 23 the user with information regarding the type of product and 2 its manufacturer 2 ANSWER NO 18 2 KAISER CEMENT 27 Harlan C. Dupuis Katherine Maksim v Fibreboard San 28 Francisco Superior Court No. 768674 April 16 1985 - 11 - . A, ads ! , James R. Latshaw David Littleton v ABEX Alameda Superior KET Court No. 588440-3 September 26 1985 KAISER GYPSUM None ANSWER NO 19 Other than as stated in Answer to Interrogatory No. 4 No for both KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM ANSWER NO 20 Objection overly broad burdensome and harassing 10 Without waiving these objections defendants answer as 11 follows Both KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM have a large 12 13 14 15 16 ... 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 number of brochures pamphlets catalogs and other product listings Many of these documents do not differentiate between asbestos containing products and asbestos containing products and many of the documents arerepetitious For these reasons rather than attempt to identify each individual document answering defendants will make all| relevant files available for inspection at KAISER CEMENT'S headquarters 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland California a See above b For KAISER CEMENT products between 1960 and 1977 for KAISER GYPSUM products between 1953 and 1978 c See answer to part b above d To provide the users with information about the products e Some of these documents still exist At KAISER CEMENT'S headquarters 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland California 12 vk - g Cliff W. Rogers Manager Administrative Services 2 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland California 3 ANSWER NO 21 applicable in that neither KAISER CEMENT nor KAISER GYPSUM ever distributed raw asbestos fibers 5 ANSWER NO 22 6 Not to the knowledge of either KAISER CEMENT or KAISER 8 GYPSUM 9 ANSWER NO 23 10 Neither KAISER CEMENT nor KAISER GYPSUM had contract 11 units 12 ANSWER NO 24 13 applicable 14 ANSWER NO 25 15 Both KAISER CEMENT and KAISER GYPSUM had liability 16 insurance during the period of time either of these entities 17 manufactured or sold any asbestos containing product 18 ANSWER NO 26 19 Please refer to ExhibiC t attached hereto 20 21 22 22 24 25 26 27 28 ~ 13 - VERIFICATION The undersigned says I am an officer wit Assistant Secretary of defendants KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION and KAISER GYPSUM 5 COMPANY INC herein the foregoing document is true of my 6 own knowledge except as to the matters which are therein SE 7 stated on my information and belief and as to those matters 8 I believe them to be true g I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing 10 is true and correct 11 Executed this 234 day of 12 at Oakland California 13 October October October , 1985 14 15 DONNA M. ANDERSON 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 _ ak}. VICTOR J NZIO ESQ | ~ THOMAS F. CASTLE ESQ . KINCAID GIANUNZIO CAUDLE | & HUBERT WD 100 Webster Street Suite 300 Oakland California 94607-3789 oe ae 7 . = - 2 HH Telephone 415 465-5212 HAGENBAUGH & MURPHY OP 1301 West Second Street | Los Angeles CA 90026 . Telephone 213 624-9861 6 Attorneys for Defendant KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION 7 @f2 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO oe In the Matter of 199 SAN DIEGO ASBESTOS LITIGATION - ; 199 NO 481189 Pmt Ca KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION Tae ANSWERS TO PLAINTIFFS STANDARD FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES GENERAL OBJECTIONS KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION responds to these interrogatories subject to the general and specific objections previously raised by it and other defendants Respondintgo said interrogatories is not intended be and does not constitute a waiver of any to! ee OPRe|RE KINCAID OIANUNZIO CAUBLEA HUREHT A PROFESSIONAL CORP JACK LONDON SOVARE 180 WERFTER STREET GARLAND CA 84007 eID **** 180 9419 objections a KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION further objects to these interrogatories to the extent they call for information protected by the attorney privilege or product doctrine Because the answers to numerous interrogatories require the identification of documents KAISER C^ MENTCORPORATION has indica- ted it will make said responsive documents available for the inspection of plaintiffs at the officoef KINCAID GIANUNZIO CAUDLE & HUBERT in Oakland California Some of these documents are responsive to a particular request while others are too . ~ 3 to . 2 3 4 8 6 7 8 9 10 EEEEE . EEEEE " Policy Number | Fireman's Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. a XLX1269069 _ P. O. Box 3395 . . _ XLX129069 - | San Francisco CA 94119 . . XL1372XLX1372713 Trans Continental CNA Plaza ; Chicago Ill 60685 . UM 7 Lloyds Underwriters C.T. Bowring & Co. Ltd. The Bowring Bldg Tower London EC3P 3BE England . - Plaza . a UMB006496626 LUS LUS LUS LUS LUS 1294 1324 1325 1326 t.b.d. Landmark Insurance 3550 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90010 _ FE4001206 |. FE4001234 Industrial Indemnity P.O. Box 3660 San Francisco CA 994120 JE8312723 EEEEE Mutual Fire Marine & Inland Ins Co. EL104518 | 1200 Three Parkway EL104678 i EEEEE Philadelphia PA 19102 : 15 16 old Republic P. O. Box 789 Greenburg PA 15601 OZX12430 17 Harbor Insurance Co. HI163638 . | 18 Los Angeles CA 90054 19 , Twin City Fire Insurance Co. Hartford Plaza 20 Hartford Conn 06115 TXS100347 | 21 22 24 25 26 27 NGAID GIANUNZIO GAUBLE & HUBERT & PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL COMP JACK LONDON SQUARE IW WEBSTKA STREKT MAKLAND CA 94087 4 & Product . Trade Name Approximate per- . centage of asbesta Joint Joint Compound ; - Kaiser Joint Compound | 6.8 to 10.4 | " - Finishing Compound 3.7 to 11 # Com- nm One Day Joint - pound co | 3.3 to 3.4 Purpose 18 Three - pound . Com- oo 4.8 to 4.9 Dual Purpose Premix Joint Compound 1.5 to 5.9 Pre Mix Topping Compound . 91 to 1.059 The above variations in asbestos content depend on the producing . -4- . . F oo composed oe addition , plant above products | in addition sbestos are clays _ primarily of finely ground materials including casein , tales limestone and mica . a i. mo 4 Paint ' . Kaiser Cover Wall 48 to 78 | Texture . fi Spray Ceiling 1.3 to 6.8 Texture The above variations in asbestos content depend on the producing plant The above products are composed primarily of casein limestone mica Fire Rated Gypsum Wallboard Wallboard . Kaiser Fire less .5 than The Gypsum rated wallboard is composed primarily of Gypsum and glass fiber and paper fiber . 922A4A97992 Fire Rated Mineral 1.56 922A4A97992 922A4A97992 The above mineral fiber board is composed primarily of 922A4A97992 || various wood fibers clays starch and mineral wool 922A4A97992 Plastic Cement = % to % 922A4A97992 Masonry Cement 7 .48 4 . 922A4A97992 The above cement products are composed primariloyf Portland 21 || Cement with small amounts of asbestos and other lubricating agent 2 2 2 } 2 b . ae Joint Compounds and Texture Paints Fire Rated Gypsum Wallboard Fire Rated Mineral Fiber Board Plastic Cement Masonry Cement . an a 7s . 1953 = 1976 1969 = 1978 1964 =~ 1973 1960 = 1973 1960 - 1962 1970 state 1977 ae 26 27 e. See b d Kaiser Cement Corporation believes the type of asbestos ~~ 28 || used wow orereve |) CAID BIANUNZIO CAMOLE O HUDERT CAMOLE A PROFESSIONAL CORP JACK LONDON SQUARE 109 WEBSTER STEBES .. OAKLAND CA 94607 TS HIN 40 18 was , chrysotile oS 2 -~ @- 3 wae -! _ compound , finishing on: id day joint / compoundthree purpose compound and cover wall texture Whit 3 to white powder Dual purpose mix joint compound and and mix topping o compound White to white or light buff colored paste eo Spray ceiling texture White powder with polystyrene aggregate | 8 Fire rated gypsum wallboard = 1/2 or 5/8 thick x 4 9 wide x 8 to 10 long sheets commonly known as sheetrock 20 thick Pire x 12 or rated mineral fiber board = 24 wife x 12 24 48 or 1/2 5/8 and 3/4 60 long sheets with AN A07 face side white in color and perforated or fissured design on face side for acoustical treatment Plastic and masonry cement = Gray powdered portland ANANA07 6 cement # ANANA07 f Joint compounadnsd texture paints were used for finish ing joints and surfaces of gypsum wallboard used for interior wal AN A07 and ceilings Fire rated gypsum wallboard was used for interior walls and ceilings Pire rated mineral fiber board was used for accoustical 2 ceiling tile lay board and partition sound deadening board Plastic cement is used to make stucco for the exterior buildings of houses and other ;: | me Masonry cement is used in masonry mortar in building construction- ete e we 28 Vows eReeee LAW OFFCC0- CAIO CIANUNCIO } AUDLE & HUBERT A PROFESSIONALPROFESSIONAL CORP JACE LONDON SQUARE 100 WEPUTER STREET PAKLAND PAKLAND CA POMO epee 411 48L1218 Te 2 9 Maiser Spray Ceiling e. oe & bMyay 17 1974 and October13 1975 && ci In May 1974 the relative amounts of the various ingredients were altered This primarily involved a decrease| oe in the use of tale and an increase in the use of clay Hydrite. The change in October 1975 primarily involved the elimination of so asbestos . 8 d The May 17 1974 change was to undertaken improve 9 workability and customer acceptance The October 13 1975 10 alteration was undertaken to eliminate asbestos from the pro- 11 | duct's composition 12 10 KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION does not fully understand 13 this interrogatory in that interrogatory 8 made no mention of 16 any testing of products KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION has run tests 15 over the years during the development of products to determine 16 17 18 their workability characteristics No tests were performed on the mentioned products relating to the omission of asbestos fibers from the product during use manufacture fabrication or 19 handling 8 20 11 See answer to interrogatory 8 and 10 above 21 ,,See answer to interrogatory 8 9 and 10 above 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 LAW } OFFIC GAID GIANUNZIO , AUBLE A HUDEAT CORP OMT PROFESSIONAL onal JACE LUNGON SQUARE 140 WEYTTER SYRESY BAKLAND CA DAGAY bE 410 643812 ,,Yes a a1 2 .3 4 5 6 7 Kaiser Joint and Finishing Compounds Kaiser Texture Paints Kaiser Spray Ceiling Texture Kaiser Null Wallboard | Kaiser Accoustical Mineral Fiber Board Permanente Plastic Cement Permanente Masonry Cement b Items 1 2 and 3 above asbestos was eliminated from the product in 1976 and manufacture of the pro- 1 CASTIN a : ET PASTIR ner i we iia KAISER | KAISER BYPSUM BYPSUM KAISER KAISER GYPSUM DUAL PURPOSE REDEMIX REDEMIX PURPOSE 4 PURPOSE REDEMIXFIBERED HARDWALL REDEMIX HARDWAL ; ; mill mixed with lighltight PLASTER PLASTER bHAaRDWALL PLASTER weight aggregate 3 : mT Pd KAISER KAISER BYPSUM KAISER KAISER GYPSUM GYPSUM | SLOW SET. QUICK SET GAUGING CASTING PLASTER, PLASTER JOINT COMPOUND | EA sm oe Pa + 4 nek Ce 2 ge - ERMANENTE CLARA TYPE a - : Se ; ed . Am ERMANENTE ERMANENTE ERMANTERMANET PLASTICERMANETRMANET ERMANETE ERMANETE 8 PPLLAASSTTIICC PLASTIC PLASTIC PLASTICCEMENTCEMENT CEMENTCEMENTtani CEM NT CEMNT CEM NTCEM NT CEM NT BOSi yi A'os Shes. 0, Bem 08 B80 ae a Bed oA on, DY Ge 6 @BweadyvseativeaSYveariBhvoarwn:@uveanisTa1Sv80a6r VAL1. + Prmere amt e0oBed BEGO28 sen, cera.+ eo 82h Bed aw. 64 + 4, war,ans, se metesa y, Uwae? LS C2 (Na CF C33 cee sing. oom pike cg, sho, | LIST OF IROUX UNTAINING AYUR DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCT COMPOSITICOMOPOSINTION Approx ) YEARS CONTAINING ASBESTOS PLANTS WHICHE MANUFACTURE)D REGION OF DISTRIBUTIO}N Reiser Joint Compound- - Dry Powder Used to fill gypsum board joints embed joint reinforcing tape finish joints and to cover and finish nailheads and metal corner bead . White to white powder Packaged and sold in sacks of 25 to 50 lbs Primarily finely ground materials including casein clay talcs limestone and mica The asbestos used in this product was chrysotile Raiser Finishing Topping Compound . Used to top and finish gypsum board joints Raiser Day Joint Oxmpound =. Used to fill gypsum board joints embed joint reintorcing tape finish joints - and to cover and finish nailhead and Metal cornerbead Kiss Purpose Compound Used to tape top and finish gypsum board joints nailheads and metal cornerbead Compound Used to fill gypsum board joints embed joint reinforcing tape finish joints and to cover and finish nailheads and corner bead white to white or light but colored paste Packaged and sold in buckets ranging from 12 to 62 lbs and in cartons ot 5 to 50 lbs Used to top and finish . gypsum board joints 6.8-10.40 6.8-10.40 3.7-110 3.3-3.48 4.8-4.99 1.5-68 1953-75 1961-75 1968-75 1969-75 1960-75 1969-75 Santa Ana Calif Antioch Calif) Seattle Wash) : Delanco New Jersey Jacksonville Pu All western states including Hawaii and Alaska New England and all east coast states Used to fill gypsum board joints embed joint reinforcing tape finish joints and to cover and finish nailheads and metal cornerbead White to white or light but colored paste Packaged and sold in buckets ranging from 12 to 62 lbs and in cartons of 5 to 50 lbs Primarily finely ground materials including casein clay talcs limestone and mica The asbestos used in this product was chrysotile 1.5-68 1960-75 ay b Santa Ana Calif # Antioch 4 Calif Seattle (ie Calif Jacksonville (Pla. ; as ? All western states and England including Hawaii and Alaska NNeeww States LIST OF HOD CONTAINING ASBESTOS Man^"racured by KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION : . PRODUCT NAME HURPOSE OF PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCT COMPOSITION % ASBESTOS Approx) Kaiser Plastic Gun Cement : . , Used to make stucco for the exterior of houses and other buildings applied by gun Kaiser Plastic Cement Hand , ; ; Used to make stucco for the exterior of houses and other buildings applied manually with a trowel Gray colored powder Packaged and sold in sacks of varying sizes and also in bulk 8 Kaiser Masonry Cement Used in masonry mortar in building construc- tion Primarily powdered port- land cement The asbestos used in this product was chrysotile , Primarily portland cement The asbestos used in this product was chrysotile 2-5 3 1-58 3 0.48 3 CONTAINING ASBESTUS 2 PLANIS WHERE MANUFACTURED REGION OF DISTRIBUTION 2 1960-74 . 1961-73 1972-77 Pemanente Calif Cushenbury Calif : " Permanente ) Calif Cushenbury Calif 1963-64 bnly : i Cushenbury Calif Northern and Southern California . Arizona primarily Phoenix ) 4 . 1 Kaiser Cement Corporation was known as Permanente Cement Company from 1939-64 and as kaiser Cement & Gypsum Corporation from 1964-79 2 The information in the Years Containing Asbestos column pertains to the company as a whole -- the individual plants listed in the Planitns Where Manufactured column did not necessarily manufacture each product during all of the stated years Similarly the areas indicated the Region of Distribution column did not necessarily correspond to all of the stated years 3 Contractors typically mixed these products with three to five parts by weight of sand so the $ asbestos was less than 18 in the product actually applied | | 85 - Sek ae a . NAME FRODUCT NAME Texture Paints Kaiser Cover Hall Texture Kaiser Spray Ceiling Texture .. FURIUSE OF PRODUCT DESCRIPTIDEOSCRIPNTION DESCRIPTION PRODUCT ~s ae COMPOSITIONCOMPOSITION ASBESTOS _Approx Used to produce tex- ture effects over gypsum wallboard wallboard surfaces White to white powder Packaged and sold in sacks of 25 to 50 lbs Primarily casein lime- stone and mica The asbestos used in this product was chrysotile Used to produce tex- White powder with ture over gypsum polystyrene aggre- wallboard or interior concrete ceilings gate Packayed and sold in sacks of 25 to 50 lbs 4-88 1.3-6.68 Ciling Board Kaiser Mineral Fibreboard - UL Rated Underwriters Laboratories Inc. design > . . Used for acoustical ceiling tile and layin board and partition deadening board : 1/2 or 5/8 thick by 12 or 24 wide by 12 24 or 48 long sheets with face side white Primarily mineral wool = and various wood fibers clays and starch The asbestos used in this product was chrysotile or colored and with perforated or fissured design for acoustical treatment Packaged and sold in boxes of various i quantities 1.60 : Wallboard Kaiser Gypsum Firefi Used for interior Type X Hallboard walls and ceilings 1 ah / or 5/8 thick by 4 wide by 8 or 12 long sheets covered with gray or manila colored paper Two sheets were bound together for purposes of sale Primarily gypsum plus additives of glass fiber paper fiber and vermiculite The vermiculite contained two 100ths of 11 tremolite a type of asbestos which was considered an impurity and was totally encapsulated in the vermiculite 0.028 Page of 2 YEAR CORDA FELK ASHESTUSE PLAINS WHIHEMAJFACTURED @ 1956-75 e e 1969-75 te t v sy ; " National but 1965-74 Helene Oregon St. Helene Oregon largely 1969-78 1969-78 LongAntioch Calif ) Seattle ( Wash Rosario New Mexico Delanco New Jersay Jacksonville Pla , All western states coast states , i . Where did not necessarily time " 1 the information in the Years Containing Asbestos column pertains to the company as a whole - the individual plants listed in the Plants | : Manufactured column manufacture each product during all of the stated years Similarly the areas indicated in . the Region of Distribution column did not necessarily correspond to all of the stated years for example the Jacksonville and Delanco of -plants were not built until 1964 and 1965, respectivelyrespectively respectivelyrespectively thus, distribution distribution of productproductss on the east coast did not commence until some _ after the plants were completed " 6/85 DMWVek Er