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Joint compound (U.S. Gypsum)

Documents in our library describe Joint compound (U.S. Gypsum) as “reason for discontinuation (joint compounds): ii. cost of compliance with proposed lower osha standards within the plant.”.1 They give it as made 1920–1976.1,2 They put its asbestos content at 3% to 5%.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

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

  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920s?-1976, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 441
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920s?-1976, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 441
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920s?-1976, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 441
  • Made from: “Joint Compounds: First Produced 1920s?”, p. 441
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920s?-1976, Jacksonville, FL” (the plant: Jacksonville, Florida), p. 441
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920s?-1976, Midway, IL” (the plant: Midway, Illinois), p. 441
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920s?-1976, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 441
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920s?-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 441
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920s?-1976, East Chicago, IN” (the plant: East Chicago, Indiana), p. 441
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920s?-1976, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 441
  • Description: “Reason for discontinuation (Joint Compounds): II. Cost of Compliance with proposed lower OSHA standards within the plant.”, p. 521
  • Made until: “Joint Compounds: Last Date of Manufacture 1976”, p. 521
  • Made until: “Joint Compounds: Last Produced 1976”, p. 441

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

  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920's?-1976, East Chicago, IN” (the plant: East Chicago, Indiana), p. 512
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920's?-1976, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 512
  • Made from: “Joint Compounds: First Produced 1920's?”, p. 512
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920's?-1976, Jacksonville, FL” (the plant: Jacksonville, Florida), p. 512
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920's?-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 512
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920's?-1976, Midway, IL” (the plant: Midway, Illinois), p. 512
  • Made at: “Joint Compounds: 1920's?-1976, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 512
  • Asbestos content: “Approximately 3 - 5% by volume”, p. 602
  • Made until: “Joint Compounds: Last Produced 1976”, p. 512

Kind of product

We list Joint compound (U.S. Gypsum) with joint compound and texture coatings, from how the documents describe it. 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)

Imperial · Sheetrock · A.B. Tex · Texolite · Textone · Perf-a-tape · Usg · Covercoat · Durabond · 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. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 44, 52.
  2. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), pp. 51, 60.

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