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Caltemp (Fibreboard)

Caltemp was a calcium silicate insulation made as pipe covering, block and cement and sold under the Pabco name by Fibreboard.1,2 Its ads ran in Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, under the Pabco Insulation Division of Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation from 1956.3 A May 1957 ad called it "Pabco Precision-Molded Caltemp," molded by a patented process in pipe and block form, and its insulation guide listed Caltemp pipe covering, block and cement for temperatures to 1200° F.1 A 1959 Navy list of approved products names Pabco Products, Inc., with its plant at Emeryville, California.4

The sources differ slightly on the dates.2,5 In sworn answers in a 1969 lawsuit, Fibreboard said Caltemp was made from 1950 to 1968, and Super Caltemp from 1968 on.5 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives 1952 to 1968, and Fibreboard's report published by the EPA in 1990 gives about 1952 to 1968.2,6

The 1969 answers say Caltemp and Super Caltemp both contained hydrous calcium silicate with less than 15% asbestos.5 The 1981 list gives 12 in the column read as percent asbestos.2 The 1990 report says Caltemp, also called Caltherm, contained about 88% calcium silicate and about 12% asbestos, and was pink until the mid-1960's, then white or gray.6

In a 1971 deposition, Percy La Grappe, an insulator, said "we used some Caltemp" on the Humble job at Baytown, which the lawyer questioning him placed in 1968.7

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What each document says

Every statement about Caltemp (Fibreboard) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1957, May 1957

  • Temperature limit: “to 1200° F. Caltemp pipe covering · block · cement”, p. 631
  • Description: “Pabco Precision-Molded Caltemp, a Calcium Silicate Insulation”, p. 631

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “52”, p. 42
  • Form: “PIPECOVERS,BLOCK,CEMENT”, p. 42
  • Made until: “68”, p. 42
  • Asbestos content: “12”, p. 42

Asbestos Magazine, 1956, May 1956

  • Sold from: “Caltemp Heat Insulation (Pabco ad)”, p. 623

Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995)

  • Made at: “Plant: Emeryville 8, Calif.” (at Emeryville, Calif.) (the plant: Emeryville, California), p. 604
  • Description: “qualified under QPL-2781 as Caltemp, Grade I Classes a and b, Grade II Class d, Grade III Class e (QPL-2781-3, Amendment 1)” (as of 1953-09-15), p. 74
  • Description: “qualified under QPL-2781 as Caltemp, Grade III, Class e, Type II, listed under Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. (QPL-2781-22)” (as of 1959-12-01), p. 654
  • Description: “qualified under QPL-2781 as Caltemp, Grade III, Class e, Types I and II (QPL-2781-36)” (as of 1969-05-27), p. 1074

The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories

  • Made from: “Caltemp was manufactured from 1950 to 1968”, p. 25
  • Asbestos content: “less than 15% Asbestos”, p. 25
  • Warning label: “Since 1966 containers of our products have had the following warning labels”, p. 85
  • Form: “(Precision Molded) Pipe Covering, Block, Cement”, p. 25
  • Ingredient: “Hydrous Calcium Silicate”, p. 25
  • Replaced by: “Super Caltemp from 1968”, p. 25
  • Made until: “Caltemp was manufactured from 1950 to 1968”, p. 25

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Asbestos content: “about 88% calcium silicate and about 12% asbestos”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 76
  • Description: “color: pink until mid-1960's, then white or gray”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 76
  • Made from: “manufactured from about 1952 to 1968”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 76
  • Made until: “manufactured from about 1952 to 1968”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 76
  • Ingredient: “about 88% calcium silicate”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 76
  • Form: “a block, pipe-covering, and cement thermal insulation”, said by Fibreboard Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 76

The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Deposition of Percy La Grappe

  • Use: “used on the Humble job at Baytown (1968), worked with Borel” (sales to Humble (Baytown, Texas)), p. 697

The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories

  • Made from: “Caltemp was manufactured from 1950”, p. 28
  • Warning label: “This product contains asbestos fibers. If dust is created when this product is handled, avoid breathing the dust.”, p. 88
  • Replaced by: “Caltemp was manufactured from 1950 to 1968 and Super Caltemp from 1968 to the present”, p. 28
  • Made until: “to 1968”, p. 28
  • Use: “sold primarily in the west and mid-west for use in new construction of refineries, petrochemical plants and power plants”, p. 58
  • Asbestos content: “Hydrous Calcium Silicate with less than 15% Asbestos”, p. 28

The Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering Case File (1962-1969), Response to Fibreboard interrogatories

  • Made from: “you began manufacturing ... Caltemp in 1956”, said by Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, as recorded by Claude J. Tomplait (plaintiff's sworn answers to Fibreboard's interrogatories), p. 69

The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to Pittsburgh Corning interrogatories (W-2 exhibits withheld)

  • Use: “Pabco products - 85% magnesia and Caltemp, pumping plant job, Santa Barbara, California, 1964”, p. 710

Kind of product

We list Caltemp (Fibreboard) with pipe covering and block insulation and insulating cement and coatings, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers, Boilermakers.

Other pipe covering and block insulation by Fibreboard (13)

Prasco · 85 Magnesia · Precision-molded · Super Caltemp · Pabco · Caltherm · Pabco Super Caltemp · Pyrocal · Caltemp Cement · Pabco Caltemp · Pabco Prasco · Precision Molded Pipe Covering · FI Cement

Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (263)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Cal Temp (Pabco Products) · Calcium Silicate (Unarco) · Calsilite (GAF) · Calsilite (Ruberoid) · Calsilite Insulation Cement (GAF) · Calsilite-H1 (Ruberoid) · Calsilite-Hi (GAF) · Caposil 1400 (Cape Asbestos) · Caposite (Holmes Foundry) · Caposite Plus (Cape Insulation) · Carey Cal-silicate (Philip Carey) · Carey-temp (Celotex) · Careycel (Philip Carey) · Careytemp 2000 (Philip Carey) · Carocel (Philip Carey) · and 243 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

Other insulating cement and coatings by Fibreboard (8)

Prasco · 85 Magnesia · Super Caltemp · 127 · FI · 85% Magnesia Cement · Fibrous Adhesive (Pabco) · No. 127

Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (316)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Calsilite (GAF) · Btu Cement (Philip Carey) · Buck Stay (Combustion Engineering) · C-10 (Bigelow-Liptak) · C-13-A (Flintkote) · C-18 (Bigelow-Liptak) · C-19 (Flintkote) · Calcrete 30 (Combustion Engineering) · Caposil (Cape Asbestos) · Careytemp 2000 (Philip Carey) · Careytemp Asbestos Cement (Philip Carey) · Casing (Combustion Engineering) · Castablock (Combustion Engineering) · Cominco Finishing (United States Mineral Wool) · Coverkote (GAF) · Decoralt Coatings (Flintkote) · and 296 more: all insulating cement and coatings

See also

References

  1. Asbestos Magazine, 1957, May 1957 (May 1, 1957), p. 63.
  2. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 4.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1956, May 1956 (May 1, 1956), p. 62.
  4. Military Qualified Products List (1951–1995) (October 26, 1959), p. 60.
  5. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories (December 22, 1969), p. 2.
  6. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 7.
  7. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Deposition of Percy La Grappe (September 16, 1971), p. 69.
  8. The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories (April 3, 1970), p. 2.
  9. The Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering Case File (1962-1969), Response to Fibreboard interrogatories (August 20, 1968), p. 6.
  10. The Potter v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to Pittsburgh Corning interrogatories (W-2 exhibits withheld) (July 18, 1969), p. 7.

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