D. B. Wingerter to H. M. Jackson on Caution Labels for the Old Packing and Friction Materials Line (1972)

A one-page memo of June 26, 1972, from D. B. Wingerter of J-M's Industrial Products Division to H. M. Jackson on the new OSHA caution label. Wingerter wrote that "we have not labeled any products from the old P&FM line since most products firmly bound the asbestos fibers within the matrix. There are notable exceptions in asbestos textiles." He needed to know at once which of the old packing and friction materials products had to be labeled to meet the July 7 deadline, and said labels on former IID products would use wording "exactly as shown in the OSHA bulletin on June 7."

In Johns-Manville's chronology

Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:

D. Wingerter (Industrial Products Division) writes Jackson on 6/26/72 asking for clarification of new OSHA regulations regarding caution labeling. Wingerter states that products from the old Packing and Friction Material line have not been labeled so far, because most of the products have bound in asbestos. Wingerter asks that Jackson immediately tell him which of these products must be labeled so that the July 7 deadline on labeling can be met.