Union Carbide Calidria Customer Call Reports on Ford Motor Company, Including Vinyl Plastisol Spray Sealant Program (1977-1980)

Compilation of Union Carbide Metals Division customer call reports on visits to Ford Motor Company facilities between 1977 and 1980, with two earlier 'Report of Call' pages, many of them duplicated. The reports cover Ford's work on a vinyl plastisol spray sealant using Calidria RG-144 and RG-244, Ford's industrial hygiene positions on asbestos, and, in 1980, Ford's investigation of replacing asbestos.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Call report, Ford Mt. Clemens vinyl plant, 4/19/79 (typed 4/25/79): history and status of the vinyl plastisol spray sealant program and the need for approval from Robert M. Gerrity
• Page 3: Call report, Ford Vinyl Operations, Mt. Clemens, 5/9/78: Bob Cliffel under pressure to remove RG-144 from the spray plastisol formulation
• Page 4: Union Carbide 'Report of Call' on Ford, Sheldon Road, Plymouth, MI, by T. T. Morris, dated 1973 (OCR badly garbled): Ford trial of a nonasbestos premix
• Page 5: Union Carbide 'Report of Call' on Ford Rawsonville, MI, undated: attempt to sell an SG grade for polyester premix, with Ford concerned about safe handling of asbestos and OSHA
• Page 6: Call report, Ford Dearborn, 11/19/77: Carolyn B. Zelek and Ford's draft policy on asbestos in friction materials
• Page 7: Call report, Ford Vinyl Operations, Mt. Clemens, 10/20/77: dust control engineering information and sealant project timetable
• Page 8: Call report, Ford Vinyl Plant, Mt. Clemens, 10/6/77: seminar on using asbestos safely and Ford's entry into the sealant business
• Page 9: Call report, Ford Vinyl Operations, Mt. Clemens, 4/12/77: Ford's interest in RG-244 for a sealant
• Page 10: Duplicate of the page 5 'Report of Call' (Ford Rawsonville)
• Page 11: Duplicate of the page 4 'Report of Call' (Ford, Plymouth, MI)
• Page 12: Duplicate of the page 6 call report (11/19/77)
• Page 13: Duplicate of the page 7 call report (10/20/77)
• Page 14: Duplicate of the page 8 call report (10/6/77)
• Page 15: Duplicate of the page 9 call report (4/12/77)
• Page 16: Duplicate of the page 3 call report (5/9/78)
• Page 17: Call report, Ford Body Engineering, Dearborn, 2/9/79: possible use of Calidria in hot melt sealants
• Page 18: Call report, Ford Body Engineering, Dearborn, 3/1/79: Carolyn Zelek's new position at Ford
• Page 19: Call report, Ford Industrial Hygiene, Dearborn, 3/2/79: Dr. Larry Roslinski's position on RG-144 in the spray sealer and the 0.1 fiber/cc limit
• Page 20: Call report, Ford Body Engineering, Dearborn, 9/11/79: introduction of H. B. Rhodes to Jim Stock, who replaced Carolyn Zelek
• Page 21: Call report, Ford, Dearborn, 2/12/80: Ford investigating removal of asbestos from its cars

People and organizations

From Edward J. Kleber (Salesman, Midwest region); T. T. Morris (Author of the 1973 'Report of Call' pages (name partly garbled in OCR)).

• Edward J. Kleber (author)
• T. P. Morris (author)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• A. T. Callas Co (named)
• Chemicals and Plastics Division (named)
• Ford Industrial Hygiene Dept (named)
• Ford Motor Company (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Industrial Hygiene · Michigan Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-580 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 21 pages.