Frycor, as an insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products spells it, was an Owens-Corning product; Owens-Corning's own report spells it Fyrcor.1,2 A 1990 EPA notice that published what Owens-Corning Fiberglas reported says Unarcoboard, later called Fyrcor, was produced from 1970 to 1972 as a high temperature industrial insulation in sheet form.2 It says the board contained a small amount of amosite asbestos and was generally grayish/white in color.2
The insurer's list, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives Frycor under Owens-Corning as made from 1971 to 1972, with 15 in the column read as percent asbestos.1
Earlier name: Unarcoboard.
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What each document says
Every statement about Frycor (Owens-Corning) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1970 to 1972”, said by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 162
- Made until: “produced 1970 to 1972”, said by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 162
- Same product as: “Unarcoboard, later called Fyrcor”, said by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 162
- Form: “produced in sheet form”, said by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 162
- Description: “a high temperature industrial insulation ... generally grayish/white in color”, said by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 162
- Asbestos fiber: “a small amount of amosite asbestos”, said by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 162
Kind of product
We list Frycor (Owens-Corning) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Owens-Corning (6)
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (377)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Flexite (Johns-Manville) · Flintite (Flintkote) · Flintite (Orangeburg) · Fluid-Tite (CertainTeed) · Fluid-Tite (Keasbey & Mattison) · Follansbee Terne (Follansbee Steel) · Formboard (Philip Carey) · Fyrbestos (Keene/Beh) · Galbestos (H.H. Robertson) · Gasket Quality (Ruberoid) · Glatex (U.S. Gypsum) · Gold Bond (Asbestone) · Gothic (Eternit, Inc.) · Gothic (maker not given) · Gothic (Ruberoid) · and 357 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Owens-Corning: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Owens-Corning on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 5.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 16.
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