Documents in our library describe Pipecoverings (U.S. Gypsum) as “reason for discontinuation (pipe covering): v. low profitability.”.1 They give it as made 1936–1938.1,2 They put its asbestos content at 30% to 91%.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Pipecoverings (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: “Pipecoverings: First Produced 1936”, p. 431
- Made at: “Pipecoverings: 1936-1938, Jersey City, NJ” (the plant: Jersey City, New Jersey), p. 431
- Asbestos content: “Approximately 30 - 91% by volume”, p. 511
- Made until: “Pipe Covering: Last Date of Manufacture 1938”, p. 521
- Made until: “Pipecoverings: Last Produced 1938”, p. 431
- Description: “Reason for discontinuation (Pipe Covering): V. Low Profitability.”, p. 521
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)
- Made at: “Pipecoverings: 1936-1938, Jersey City, NJ” (the plant: Jersey City, New Jersey), p. 512
- Made from: “Pipecoverings: First Produced 1936”, p. 512
- Made until: “Pipecoverings: Last Produced 1938”, p. 512
- Asbestos content: “Approximately 30 - 91% by volume”, p. 602
Kind of product
We list Pipecoverings (U.S. Gypsum) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe it. 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
- 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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