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United States Gypsum Company plant at Gypsum, Ohio

United States Gypsum Company's plant at Gypsum, Ohio, is known in these sources from the company's own lists of what it made there: its sworn answers in lawsuits in 1986 and 1988, and a 1990 EPA notice that published what the company reported.1,2,3 The earliest dates in the 1986 answers are for "Joint Compounds," first produced "1920's?" and last produced 1976, and "USG Textone," a texture paint, from 1928 to 1974.1

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Plasters and stucco

The 1986 answers list finish and acoustical plasters made at Gypsum: Sabinite, an acoustical plaster, 1930 to 1945; Red Top Trowel Finish, 1930 to 1935; Red Top Patching Plaster, 1929 to 1947; Oriental Interior Finish Plaster, 1942 to 1944; and Oriental Exterior Finish Stucco, 1930 to 1944.1 Two basecoat plasters for machine application followed: Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application, 1955 to 1962, and Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application, 1962 to 1966, whose name, the answers say, was changed to Red Top Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application in 7/67.1 The 1988 answers give the same years, though the names of the first four products are cut off on the page.2

The 1990 notice also names Gypsum as a plant for two Firecode D & V fireproofing plasters: Red Top Firecode Plaster (D), "1959 to 1964 at 12 plants," and Red Top Firecode "V" Plaster, "1962 to 1969 at 16 plants"; those years are for all the plants, not Gypsum alone.3

Textures, ceiling tile and joint compounds

The sworn answers list texture finishes made at Gypsum: Texolite, 1961 to 1967; Imperial QT, 1964 to 1976; "SHEETROCK" Texture, 1964 to 1976; Textone, 1944 to 1975; A-B TEX, a texture paint, 1935 to 1949; and two products named simply "USG," a texture from 1964 to 1976 and a texture paint from 1967 to 1976.1,2 They also list Paste Spackling Putty, 1952 to 1975, and two ceiling tiles, ACOUSTONE 120, 1967 to 1975, and ACOUSTONE 180, 1966 to 1976.1

The 1990 notice gives some different years: it says Acoustone 120 ceiling tile "was produced 1968 to 1976 in Gypsum, OH" and Acoustone 180 "was produced 1966 to 1975 in Gypsum, OH."3 It names five Imperial "QT" spray texture finishes: Extra Hard Fine, 1964 to 1974; LC, 1965 to 1968; NC-LC, 1966 to 1976; Vermiculite, Coarse and Regular, 1966 to 1976; and NC4, 1967 to 1972.3 It lists Texolite Drywall Surfacer, Aggregated, 1961 to 1977, and Texolite Block Filler from 1958 "to an unknown date," and Sheetrock Smoothcoat texture, 1965 to 1974.3 For Textone Texture Finish ("1928 to 1977 at 7 plants") and A.B. Tex Texture Paint ("1935 to 1974 at 7 plants"), its years are for all the plants that made them, not Gypsum alone.3

Location

Gypsum, Ohio, 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; Oriental Interior Finish Plaster 1942–1944; Red Top Patching Plaster 1929–1947; Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application 1962–1966; Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application 1955–1962; Oriental Exterior Finish Stucco 1930–1944; ACOUSTONE 120 1967–1975; ACOUSTONE 180 1966–1976; USG 1964–1976, 1967–1976; Texolite 1961–1967; Imperial QT 1964–1976; "SHEETROCK" Texture 1964–1976; Textone 1944–1975; USG Textone 1928–1974; A-B TEX 1935–1949; Paste Spackling Putty 1952–1975; Joint Compounds 1920's?–1976” (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, 1942–1944, 1929–1947; Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application 1962–1966; Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application 1955–1962; Oriental Exterior Finish Stucco 1930–1944; ACOUSTONE 120 1967–1975; ACOUSTONE 180 1966–1976; USG 1964–1976, 1967–1976; Texolite 1961–1967; Imperial QT 1964–1976; "SHEETROCK" Texture 1964–1976; Textone 1944–1975; USG Textone 1928–1974; A-B TEX 1935–1949; Paste Spackling Putty 1952–1975; Joint Compounds 1920s?–1976” (United States Gypsum Company), p. 402

Other names

Documents call this plant “Gypsum, OH”, “Gypsum OH”.

See also

References

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

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