Union Carbide/Calidria Customer Call Reports and Correspondence on Mortell Company, Kankakee, Illinois (1975-1985)

Compilation of Union Carbide/Calidria customer call reports, letters and related papers about Mortell Company, a sealants and coatings maker in Kankakee, Illinois, that bought Calidria RG-110, RG-144 and RG-244 asbestos. The pages cover price increases, order volumes, product evaluations (SG-130, RG-244), fiber counts, and OSHA and NIOSH documents sent to the customer. They also include a Mortell letter on price notice, Mortell's evaluation memo on SG-130, and shipment certification letters.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Report of call, E. J. Kleber, Mortell/Bruce Radebough, 11/5/75: price increases, Mortell plant tour, proposed OSHA regulations
• Page 3: Letter, Kleber to Bruce Radebough, April 5, 1976, enclosing NIOSH criteria document on silica
• Pages 4-7: Letter, Kleber to Ron Mulligan, May 4, 1976, with completed Mortell General Supplier Profiles form and Calidria distributor list
• Page 8: Letter, Kleber to Bruce Radebough, January 6, 1977, enclosing NIOSH asbestos proposal excerpts and Asbestos Information Association draft response
• Pages 9-13: Customer call reports, Kleber, 2/17/77, 5/10/77, 11/8/77 (fiber count discrepancy), 3/9/78, and a May 1978 call
• Page 14: Letter, D. E. Mortell, President, April 1, 1980, objecting to price changes without 30 days' notice
• Pages 15-21: Customer call reports, Kleber, 8/22/78 through 6/14/79, plus an undated report introducing new purchasing director Jim Keslin
• Pages 22-26: Customer call reports by T. P. Norris, 1980-1981, largely handwritten, one dated 3/10/81 on SG-130 at Riverside, CA; page 23 holds Mortell business cards
• Pages 27-33: Customer call reports, 6/10/81 to 5/10/83 (Norris, Dickson), including SG-130 evaluation and annual tonnage tables
• Page 34: Mortell inter-office memo, Jim Harris to Jim Keslin, finding SG130 could not replace F-38 at Riverside
• Page 35: Second copy of the 10/7/82 customer call report (also page 31)
• Pages 36-40: Customer call reports by T. P. Norris, 12/14/83 through 5/22/85
• Pages 41-67: Not supplied for cataloging
• Pages 68-69: Calidria Corporation certification letters to Terry L. Combs, Mortell, May 15, 1985, for RG-110 and RG-144 shipments
• Page 70: Union Carbide Metals Division internal correspondence, May 10, 1979, to J. L. Myers on sales plan for Asbestos Strategic Planning
• Page 71: Map or diagram page, OCR unreadable
• Page 72: Hertz Chicago-area rental office map, printed 10-81

People and organizations

From Edward J. Kleber (Midwest Sales / Sales Representative); T. P. Norris (Salesman, Western Region (later Commercial)); Gordon L. Dickson (Salesman, Commercial Region) to Bruce Radebough (Mortell Company (letter addressee, pages 3 and 8)); Ron E. Mulligan (Purchasing Agent, Mortell Company (letter addressee, page 4)).

• Gordon L. Dickson (author)
• Edward J. Kleber (author)
• Tom P. Norris (author)
• Bruce Radebough (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Allied Resin Corporation (named)
• Apperson Chemicals (named)
• Cabot (named)
• Chem-Tech Company (named)
• FTC (named)
• Harrisons & Crosfield (named)
• Mortell Company (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Plastex (named)
• Technical Petroleum Company (named)
• Technical Products (named)
• Wonder State Industries (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Fiber Counting · Georgia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Illinois Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Indiana Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · NIOSH · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-338 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 72 pages.