United States Gypsum Company plant at Walworth, Wisconsin

Walworth, Wisconsin, was a United States Gypsum Company plant that made ceiling tile: in its sworn answers in a 1986 lawsuit, and again in answers filed in Oklahoma in 1988, USG listed Walworth, WI as the manufacturing location for Acoustone 180 ceiling tile, "First Produced: 1966 Last Produced: 1976," and for Acoustone 120, first produced in 1967 and last produced in 1975.^1,2 The same answers give Acoustone's asbestos as "Approximately 3% by volume," a figure for the product in general, not for Walworth's output in particular.^1,2 Asked why it stopped making its asbestos ceiling tile, USG answered: "Cost of Compliance with proposed lower OSHA standards within the plant."²

Location

Asbestos products made here

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• Accoustone (U.S. Gypsum) · 1966–1976^1,2

Asbestos claims

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What each document says

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See also

• United States Gypsum Company: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
• Asbestos exposure sites in Wisconsin

References

1. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), pp. 49, 60.
2. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 42, 51–52.