K-Fac 19 was a U.S. Gypsum block insulation.1,2 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists it under U.S. Gypsum with the type "INSBLOC," without years.1 A 1990 EPA notice that published what U.S. Gypsum reported lists K-Fac 19 as a rigid block insulation produced from 1970 to 1973 in Greenville, Mississippi.2
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What each document says
Every statement about K-fac 19 (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)
- Form: “INSBLOC”, p. 61
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1970 to 1973 in Greenville, MS”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 192
- Made until: “produced 1970 to 1973 in Greenville, MS”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 192
- Made at: “produced 1970 to 1973 in Greenville, MS” (the plant: Greenville, Mississippi), said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 192
- Form: “rigid block insulation”, said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 192
Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981
- Form: “PIPECOVER,BLOCK”, p. 223
Kind of product
We list K-fac 19 (U.S. Gypsum) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by U.S. Gypsum (7)
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See also
- U.S. Gypsum: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- U.S. Gypsum 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. 6.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 19.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 22.
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“K-fac 19 (U.S. Gypsum).” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/products/u-s-gypsum-k-fac-19.
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