Union Carbide Metals Division Customer Call Reports on Michael-Walters (Stoppit Sealant) and Two Paint Accounts (1976-1983)

Eleven pages of Metals Division customer call reports. Most cover calls on Michael-Walters of Valier, IL (1976-1983), which makes the Stoppit coal-mine sealant from Calidria HPO asbestos. The rest cover Warlick Paint and Warth Paint, coatings accounts that raised OSHA asbestos concerns. The Michael-Walters reports record fiber and dust counts, a possible Bureau of Mines ban, customer concern about exposure, and shipping complaints.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Call report, Michael-Walters, Valier IL, 11/3/76 (Kleber with Ingalls and Spencer): fiber count, HPO replacing SG-130, rumored Bureau of Mines move against asbestos in coal mines
• Page 2: Call report, Michael-Walters Industries, 10/17/79 (Kleber with F. L. Smith): dust count and fiber-release test in a mine with Stoppit sealant; rail car condition
• Page 3: Call report, Michael-Walters, typed 8/15/79: routine call; Stoppit selling well; customer complaint about the last rail car
• Page 4: Call report, Michael Walters, typed 5/22/79: damaged HPO rail car, near-injury to an employee, no inflatable dunnage
• Page 5: Call report, Michael-Walters Industries, 1/6/83 (Dickson with Fred Smith): account history, monitoring of asbestos dust at plant and Old Ben No. 25 mine, customer concern about toxicology
• Page 6: Call report, Michael-Walters, typed 4/6/82: account turnover visit with Gerald Pyron; HPO use in sealant; budget tonnage
• Page 7: Call report, Michael Walters, Valier IL (date poorly legible in OCR, apparently 1980; J. E. Walsh): turnover call with Kleber, strong Stoppit demand, possible OSHA visit
• Page 8: Call report, Michael-Walters, 3/10/80 (Kleber): account maintenance; Stoppit orders strong
• Page 9: Call report, Warlick Paint, Statesville NC (J. E. Walsh): customer told asbestos had been banned from coatings by OSHA
• Page 10: Second copy of the Warlick Paint call report, with additional stamps or notations
• Page 11: Call report, Warth Paint, Hialeah FL: prospect chose wollastonite over HPO because of OSHA regulations

People and organizations

From Edward J. Kleber (Salesman, Midwest region); Gordon L. Dickson (Salesman, Commercial region); J. E. Walsh (Salesman, Southern region).

• Gordon L. Dickson (author)
• Edward J. Kleber (author)
• Jack E. Walsh (author)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Clayton Environmental Consultants (named)
• Michael-Walters Industries (named)
• OSHA (named)
• U.S. Bureau of Mines (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Florida Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Illinois Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · North Carolina Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · U.S. Bureau of Mines.

About this copy

This is document UC-260 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 11 pages.