Documents in our library describe Paste Spackling Putty (U.S. Gypsum) as “reason for discontinuation (paste spackling putty): ii. cost of compliance with proposed lower osha standards within the plant.”.1 They give it as made 1952–1975.1,2 They put its asbestos content at 3%.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Paste Spackling Putty (U.S. Gypsum) in the documents, in each document's own words.
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Made from: “Paste Spackling Putty: First Produced 1952”, p. 431
- Made at: “Paste Spackling Putty: 1952-1975, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 431
- Made at: “Paste Spackling Putty: 1952-1975, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 431
- Made at: “Paste Spackling Putty: 1952-1975, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 431
- Made at: “Paste Spackling Putty: 1952-1975, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 431
- Asbestos content: “Approximately 3% by volume”, p. 511
- Made until: “Paste Spackling Putty: Last Produced 1975”, p. 431
- Description: “Reason for discontinuation (Paste Spackling Putty): II. Cost of Compliance with proposed lower OSHA standards within the plant.”, p. 521
- Made until: “Paste Spackling Putty: Last Date of Manufacture 1975”, p. 521
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)
- Made at: “Paste Spackling Putty: 1952-1975, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 512
- Made at: “Paste Spackling Putty: 1952-1975, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 512
- Made from: “Paste Spackling Putty: First Produced 1952”, p. 512
- Made at: “Paste Spackling Putty: 1952-1975, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 512
- Made at: “Paste Spackling Putty: 1952-1975, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 512
- Asbestos content: “Approximately 3% by volume”, p. 602
- Made until: “Paste Spackling Putty: Last Produced 1975”, p. 512
Kind of product
We list Paste Spackling Putty (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 · Joint compound · Kemidol · Pac-Tex · 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
- 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
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 43, 51–52.
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), pp. 51, 60.
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