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United States Gypsum Company plant at East Chicago, Indiana

The United States Gypsum Company's sworn answers in lawsuits are the main source for its plant at East Chicago, Indiana: in 1986 and again in 1988, the company listed the products whose manufacturing location was "East Chicago, IN," the earliest of them joint compounds, first produced in the "1920's?" and last produced in 1976.1,2

According to the 1986 answers, the plant made Sabinite, an acoustical plaster, from 1930 to 1945, and Red Top Trowel Finish from 1930 to 1935.1 Siding shingles followed, from 1937 to 1975, and rigid block insulation from 1943 to 1950.1 Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular, a basecoat, ran from 1945 to 1972, and Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application from 1955 to 1962.1 The answers give FIRECODE D, a fireproofing plaster, from 1959 to 1964 and FIRECODE V from 1964 to 1968, then Pyrobar Mortar Mix from 1969 to 1970 and Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application in 1972 alone.1 The 1988 answers give the same dates, though the names of the first three products are cut off on the page.2

A 1990 notice listing what U.S. Gypsum reported about its products says K-Fac, "K–Fac Industrial Insulating Block rigid block insulation," was "produced 1943 to 1950 in East Chicago, IN."3 The same notice names East Chicago among the plants for the Firecode D & V plasters, but with dates for all the plants together that differ from the company's lawsuit answers for East Chicago: Red Top Firecode Plaster (D), "1959 to 1964 at 12 plants," and Red Top Firecode "V" Plaster, "1962 to 1969 at 16 plants."3

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Location

East Chicago, Indiana, the city named in the documents. The dot marks the city, not the plant's address.

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Asbestos products made here

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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: “Sabinite 1930–1945; Red Top Trowel Finish 1930–1935; Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular 1945–1972; Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application 1972–1972; Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application 1955–1962; Pyrobar Mortar Mix 1969–1970; FIRECODE V 1964–1968; FIRECODE D 1959–1964; Joint Compounds 1920's?–1976; Rigid Block Insulation 1943–1950; Siding Shingles 1937–1975” (United States Gypsum Company), p. 461

United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Asbestos products made: “[name cut off] Acoustical Plaster 1930–1945; [name cut off] Finish Plaster 1930–1935; [name cut off] Basecoat 1945–1972; Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application 1972–1972; Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application 1955–1962; Pyrobar Mortar Mix 1969–1970; FIRECODE V 1964–1968; FIRECODE D 1959–1964; Joint Compounds 1920s?–1976; Rigid Block Insulation 1943–1950; Siding Shingles 1937–1975” (United States Gypsum Company), p. 402

Other names

Documents call this plant “East Chicago, IN”, “East Chicago IN”.

See also

References

  1. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), pp. 46–49, 51.
  2. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 40–42, 44.
  3. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), pp. 18–19.

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