United States Gypsum Company made asbestos-containing joint compounds, putty and texture finishes at Chamblee, Georgia, according to the company's own sworn answers in lawsuits in 1986 and 1988.1,2 Both sets of answers give the earliest date as a question: joint compounds were first produced at Chamblee in the "1920's?" (in the 1988 answers, "1920s?") and last produced in 1976.1,2
The same answers list Textone, a texture paint, from 1928 to 1974; a texture paint under the USG name from 1954 to 1964; Paste Spackling Putty from 1952 to 1975; and two textures, one under the USG name and Imperial QT, from 1964 to 1976.1,2 They also name A-B Tex texture paint at Chamblee, but leave its first and last years blank.1,2
A 1990 notice of what United States Gypsum reported gives other dates for some of these products: Textone Texture Finish "1928 to 1977 at 7 plants" and A-B Tex Texture Paint "1935 to 1974 at 7 plants," with Chamblee among them.3 The notice lists four Imperial "QT" spray texture finishes made at Chamblee, the earliest, Extra Hard Fine, "produced 1964 to 1974," and the latest ending in 1976.3 It also names Texolite Block Filler, "produced 1958 to an unknown date."3
An insurance company's 1981 list, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives dates for these products in general, not for Chamblee: Textone, Imperial and A.B. Tex, all spray textures, made from 1944 to 1975, and Texolite, a joint compound, from 1920 to 1975.4
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Pictures of products made here
Labels, packages, photographs and catalog pages from our library of products documents say were made at this plant. Each picture has its own page and library number.
Product photograph: Joint Compound (partially legible; the printed words appear to be '...COMPOUND' with a partly obscured word above it) (USG)Joint compound (U.S. Gypsum)Product photograph · ACL Doc 15160
Label: RED TOP Gypsum Cement Plaster (United States Gypsum Co.) and 1 other productRed Top (U.S. Gypsum); Imperial (U.S. Gypsum)Label or package · ACL Doc 15061
Label: Imperial 1/2" Plain Plaster Base (United States Gypsum Company)Imperial (U.S. Gypsum)Label or package · ACL Doc 20390
Label: Imperial Tape, 12 rolls, 300 lin. ft. per roll (United States Gypsum, Chicago, Illinois)Imperial (U.S. Gypsum)Label or package · ACL Doc 20394
Label: Imperial Catalyst (United States Gypsum Company)Imperial (U.S. Gypsum)Label or package · ACL Doc 20392
Asbestos products made here
The products documents say were made at this plant, with the years a document gives for the product here. Each product's page has what the documents say about it, including its asbestos content.
- A.B. Tex (U.S. Gypsum) · 1935–19741,2,3
- Imperial (U.S. Gypsum) · 1964–19761,2,3
- Joint compound (U.S. Gypsum) · 1920–19761,2
- Paste Spackling Putty (U.S. Gypsum) · 1952–19751,2
- Texolite (U.S. Gypsum) · from 19583
- Textone (U.S. Gypsum) · 1928–19771,2,3
- Usg (U.S. Gypsum) · 1954–19761,2
Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about this plant in the documents, in each document's own words.
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)
- Asbestos products made: “USG 1964–1976, 1954–1964; Imperial QT 1964–1976; USG Textone 1928–1974; A-B TEX (no dates); Paste Spackling Putty 1952–1975; Joint Compounds 1920's?–1976” (United States Gypsum Company), p. 491
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Asbestos products made: “USG 1964–1976, 1954–1964; Imperial QT 1964–1976; USG Textone 1928–1974; A-B TEX (no dates); Paste Spackling Putty 1952–1975; Joint Compounds 1920s?–1976” (United States Gypsum Company), p. 422
Other names
Documents call this plant “Chamblee, GA”, “Chamblee GA”.
See also
- United States Gypsum Company: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Asbestos exposure sites in Georgia
References
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), pp. 49–51.
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 42–44.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 19.
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), pp. 3, 5, 8.
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