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Imperial (U.S. Gypsum)

Imperial was a U.S. Gypsum spray texture.1,2 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists it under U.S. Gypsum as a spray texture made from 1944 to 1975.1

A 1990 EPA notice that published what U.S. Gypsum reported lists seven kinds of Imperial "QT" (Spray) Texture Finish, with the years each was produced: Regular, 1964 to 1976; Extra Hard Fine, 1964 to 1974; LC, 1965 to 1968; NC-LC, 1966 to 1976; Vermiculite, Coarse and Regular, 1966 to 1976; Polystyrene, Coarse and Regular, 1967 to 1976; and NC4, 1967 to 1972.2 It also lists a Ready-Mixed Imperial "QT" Spray Finish, produced from 1966 to 1967 in New Brighton, New York.2 The plants it names for these finishes are Chamblee, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; Gypsum, Ohio; Midway, Illinois; New Brighton, New York; South Gate, California; and Hagersville and Montreal, Canada.2

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Asbestos claims

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What each document says

Every statement about Imperial (U.S. Gypsum) in the documents, in each document's own words.

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

  • Made from: “44”, p. 51
  • Made until: “75”, p. 51
  • Form: “SPRAY TEXTURE”, p. 51

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)

  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 503
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 503
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 503
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, Midway, IL” (the plant: Midway, Illinois), p. 503
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 503
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 503
  • Made from: “Imperial QT: First Produced 1964”, p. 503
  • Asbestos content: “1.0-3.0% by volume”, p. 583
  • Asbestos content: “5.1% by volume” (as of 1970-01-01), p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 583
  • Asbestos content: “6.1% by volume” (as of 1971-01-01), p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “4.0% by volume”, p. 583
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 573
  • Asbestos content: “5.0% by volume”, p. 583
  • Asbestos content: “6.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “4.0% by volume”, p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “.94-1% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 583
  • Asbestos content: “3.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 593
  • Form: “Imperial QT: Texture”, p. 503
  • Asbestos content: “4.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 583
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 573
  • Asbestos content: “2.0-3.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “6.0% by volume” (as of 1968-01-01), p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “8.0% by volume” (as of 1967-01-01), p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “4.0% by volume”, p. 583
  • Made until: “Imperial QT: Last Produced 1976”, p. 503
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “8.0% by volume”, p. 583
  • Asbestos content: “1.5% by volume”, p. 573
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 593

United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 434
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 434
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 434
  • Made from: “Imperial QT: First Produced 1964”, p. 434
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 434
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, Midway, IL” (the plant: Midway, Illinois), p. 434
  • Made at: “Imperial QT: 1964-1976, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 434
  • Asbestos content: “2.0 - 3.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “8.0% by volume” (as of 1967-01-01), p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “4.0% by volume”, p. 494
  • Form: “Imperial QT: Texture”, p. 434
  • Asbestos content: “8.0% by volume”, p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “3.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “4.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “5.0% by volume”, p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “4.0% by volume”, p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “4.0% by volume”, p. 514
  • Asbestos content: “1.5% by volume”, p. 484
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 494
  • Asbestos content: “.94 - 1.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “6.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “6.0% by volume” (as of 1968-01-01), p. 504
  • Made until: “Imperial QT: Last Produced 1976”, p. 434
  • Asbestos content: “1.0 - 3.0% by volume”, p. 494
  • Asbestos content: “6.1% by volume” (as of 1971-01-01), p. 514
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 494
  • Asbestos content: “5.1% by volume” (as of 1970-01-01), p. 514
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 514
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 514
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume”, p. 514

Label: Imperial 1/2" Plain Plaster Base (United States Gypsum Company), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: November 2, 1964”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file5

Label: Imperial Catalyst (United States Gypsum Company), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: November 2, 1964”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file6

Label: Imperial Tape, 12 rolls, 300 lin. ft. per roll (United States Gypsum, Chicago, Illinois), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: November 2, 1964”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file7

Kind of product

We list Imperial (U.S. Gypsum) with joint compound and texture coatings, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters, Carpenters and Construction Workers.

Other joint compound and texture coatings by U.S. Gypsum (13)

Sheetrock · A.B. Tex · Texolite · Textone · Perf-a-tape · Usg · Covercoat · Durabond · Joint compound · Kemidol · Pac-Tex · Paste Spackling Putty · Sheet Rock

Joint compound and texture coatings by other makers (10)

Vitramic (maker not given) · Ripple Tone (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Ceiling (Georgia-Pacific) · Gothic (Eternit, Inc.) · Ready Mix (Georgia-Pacific) · Scotstone (Marinite) · Wall (Georgia-Pacific) · Homart (Sears) · Rutland Repair Products Ricky Rutland (Rutland Fire Clay Co.) · Surco (Surface Coatings)

See also

References

  1. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 5.
  2. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 19.
  3. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), p. 50.
  4. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), p. 43.
  5. Label: Imperial 1/2" Plain Plaster Base (United States Gypsum Company), Image.
  6. Label: Imperial Catalyst (United States Gypsum Company), Image.
  7. Label: Imperial Tape, 12 rolls, 300 lin. ft. per roll (United States Gypsum, Chicago, Illinois), Image.

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