Robert E. Byrne Jr. to E. R. Evans Jr. (Armstrong Cork) Enclosing Specification Form and Material Safety Data Sheet for Calidria Pellets, with Related Armstrong Correspondence (1978)

Cover letter from Union Carbide's Robert E. Byrne Jr. to Armstrong Cork Company's chief chemist, enclosing a completed form for Armstrong specification #105146 and two copies of the Material Safety Data Sheet for Calidria asbestos. The exhibit also includes Armstrong's request letters and forms, a handwritten note, and a March 13, 1978 Union Carbide letter confirming supply of Armstrong's California floor tile plant asbestos requirements.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, R. E. Byrne Jr. (Union Carbide) to E. R. Evans Jr. (Armstrong), March 21, 1978, enclosing completed specification form and two MSDS copies
• Page 2: Letter, E. R. Evans Jr. (Armstrong) to John L. Myers (Union Carbide), March 17, 1978, requesting physical and chemical property information for SG #103 pelletized asbestos, with handwritten routing notes
• Page 3: Armstrong form 'Suppliers' Information for Purchase Specification, Storage, and Safety' completed for Union Carbide pelletized Calidria SG-103 (undated)
• Page 4: Letter, Armstrong South Gate plant to T. P. Norris (Union Carbide, Long Beach), March 1978, requesting a Material Safety Data Sheet on form 43854 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act
• Page 5: Handwritten note on a 'From The Desk of Harry Rhodes' sheet, with 'Calidria' Asbestos heading
• Page 6: Armstrong 'Request for Supplier's Information on Hazardous Raw Material' for specification 105146, dated 3-13-78 and signed 3/21/78
• Page 7: Letter, John L. Myers (Union Carbide) to Armstrong Cork Company, March 13, 1978, confirming intent to supply 100% of asbestos requirements at the California floor tile plant (about 150 tons per month)

People and organizations

From Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (Assistant Marketing Manager) to E. R. Evans, Jr. (Chief Chemist, Armstrong Cork Company, South Gate, CA).

• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (author)
• E. R. Evans, Jr. (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Armstrong Cork Company (named)
• Atlas Asbestos Company (Coalinga, California) (named)
• Mining and Metals Division (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Floor Tile, Sheet Flooring, and Black Mastic · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-5051 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 7 pages.