United States Gypsum Company made plasters, textures and patching products at Sweetwater, Texas, according to its own sworn answers in lawsuits.2 In answers given in 1986, and again in 1988 with some product names cut off on the page, USG listed the products it made there and the years it made them, the earliest in the 1986 list being USG Textone, a texture paint, first produced in 1928.1,2 The 1988 answers add "Joint Compounds," with a first year given only as "1920s?" and a last year of 1976.1
By the 1986 answers, the plasters were Oriental Interior Finish Plaster (1942–1972), Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular (1945–1965) and Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application (1955–1962), along with Oriental Exterior Finish Stucco (1930–1972).2 The textures were Pac-Tex (1943–1963), Textone (1944–1975), two products listed simply as "USG" (1964–1976 and 1967–1976), USG Textone (1928–1974) and A-B TEX, made in "1973 only"; Paste Spackling Putty ran from 1952 to 1975.1,2
A 1990 EPA notice that published what USG reported names Sweetwater among the plants for four products, giving each one's years across all its plants rather than at Sweetwater alone.3 It gives Textone Texture Finish "1928 to 1977 at 7 plants" and A.B. TEX Texture Paint "1935 to 1974 at 7 plants," spans that differ from the Sweetwater years in the sworn answers.2,3 It also lists the fireproofing plaster Red Top Firecode "V" (part of FIRECODE D & V), "1962 to 1969 at 16 plants," and Texolite Block Filler, "produced 1958 to an unknown date."3
An insurance company's list, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, describes these products in general: Textone and A.B. TEX as spray textures made from 1944 to 1975, Texolite as a joint compound made from 1920 to 1975, and FIRECODE D & V as plasters made from 1959 to 1970.4
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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 FIRECODE PLASTER (UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY)Red Top (U.S. Gypsum)Label or package · ACL Doc 15060
Label: red top Patching Plaster (United States Gypsum Company)Red Top (U.S. Gypsum)Label or package · ACL Doc 15087
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: Oriental Exterior Stucco Finish Coat (United States Gypsum Company)Oriental (U.S. Gypsum)Label or package · ACL Doc 20497
Label: Oriental Exterior (United States Gypsum Company)Oriental (U.S. Gypsum)Label or package · ACL Doc 20495
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
- Firecode D & V (U.S. Gypsum) · 1962–19693
- Joint compound (U.S. Gypsum) · 1920–19761
- Oriental (U.S. Gypsum) · 1930–19721,2
- Pac-Tex (U.S. Gypsum) · 1943–19631,2
- Paste Spackling Putty (U.S. Gypsum) · 1952–19751,2
- Red Top (U.S. Gypsum) · 1945–19652
- Structo-lite (U.S. Gypsum) · 1955–19621,2
- Texolite (U.S. Gypsum) · from 19583
- Textone (U.S. Gypsum) · 1928–19771,2,3
- Usg (U.S. Gypsum) · 1964–19761,2
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' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Asbestos products made: “[name cut off] Finish Plaster 1942–1972; [name cut off] Basecoat 1945–1965; Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application 1955–1962; Oriental Exterior Finish Stucco 1930–1972; USG 1964–1976, 1967–1976; Pac-Tex 1943–1963; Textone 1944–1975; USG Textone 1928–1974; A-B TEX 1973 only; Paste Spackling Putty 1952–1975; Joint Compounds 1920s?–1976” (United States Gypsum Company), p. 401
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)
- Asbestos products made: “Oriental Interior Finish Plaster 1942–1972; Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular 1945–1965; Red Top Structo-Lite Gypsum Plaster for Machine Application 1955–1962; Oriental Exterior Finish Stucco 1930–1972; USG 1964–1976, 1967–1976; Pac-Tex 1943–1963; Textone 1944–1975; USG Textone 1928–1974; A-B TEX 1973 only; Paste Spackling Putty 1952–1975” (United States Gypsum Company), p. 462
Other names
Documents call this plant “Sweetwater, TX”, “Sweetwater TX”.
See also
- United States Gypsum Company: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Asbestos exposure sites in Texas
References
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 40–44.
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), pp. 46–51.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), pp. 18–19.
- 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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