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Red Top (U.S. Gypsum)

Documents in our library describe Red Top (U.S. Gypsum) as “plaster”.1 They give it as made 1929–1972.1,2,3 They put its asbestos content at 9.7%.2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Red Top (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: “29”, p. 71
  • Form: “PLASTER”, p. 71
  • Made until: “70”, p. 71

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

  • Made at: “Red Top Patching Plaster: 1929-1947, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Patching Plaster: 1929-1947, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 462
  • Made from: “Red Top Patching Plaster: First Produced 1929”, p. 462
  • Made from: “Red Top Trowel Finish: First Produced 1930”, p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Trowel Finish: 1930-1935, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Trowel Finish: 1930-1935, East Chicago, IN” (the plant: East Chicago, Indiana), p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Trowel Finish: 1930-1935, Fort Dodge, IA” (the plant: Fort Dodge, Iowa), p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Trowel Finish: 1930-1935, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Patching Plaster: 1942-1946, Nephi, UT” (the plant: Nephi, Utah), p. 462
  • Made from: “Red Top Cover Coat: First Produced 1942”, p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Cover Coat: 1942-1954, Southard, OK” (the plant: Southard, Oklahoma), p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Patching Plaster: 1942-1951, Milwaukee, WI” (the plant: Milwaukee, Wisconsin), p. 462
  • Made at: “Cement Plaster Regular: 1943-1947, Loveland, CO” (the plant: Loveland, Colorado), p. 472
  • Made from: “Cement Plaster Regular: First Produced 1943”, p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Patching Plaster: 1944-1947, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1959, Midland, CA” (the plant: Midland, California), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1966, Loveland, CO” (the plant: Loveland, Colorado), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1963, Fort Dodge, IA” (the plant: Fort Dodge, Iowa), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1952, Nephi, UT” (the plant: Nephi, Utah), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1963, Detroit, MI” (the plant: Detroit, Michigan), p. 472
  • Made from: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: First Produced 1945”, p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1967, Southard, OK” (the plant: Southard, Oklahoma), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1972, East Chicago, IN” (the plant: East Chicago, Indiana), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1972, Heath, MT” (the plant: Heath, Montana), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1965, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1945-1960, Plaster City, CA” (the plant: Plaster City, California), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1948-1972, Sigurd, UT” (the plant: Sigurd, Utah), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1948-1952, Gerlach, NV” (the plant: Gerlach, Nevada), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Trowel Finish: 1950-1951, Fort Dodge, IA” (the plant: Fort Dodge, Iowa), p. 462
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: 1952-1960, Empire, NV” (the plant: Empire, Nevada), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: 1959-1961, Plaster City, CA” (the plant: Plaster City, California), p. 472
  • Made from: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: First Produced 1959”, p. 472
  • Made from: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: First Produced 1962”, p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: 1962-1966, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: 1962-1966, Detroit, MI” (the plant: Detroit, Michigan), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: 1964-1966, Oakfield, NY” (the plant: Oakfield, New York), p. 472
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: 1972-1972, East Chicago, IN” (the plant: East Chicago, Indiana), p. 472
  • Made until: “Cement Plaster Regular: Last Produced 1947”, p. 472
  • Form: “Red Top Patching Plaster: Finish Plaster”, p. 462
  • Form: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: Basecoat”, p. 472
  • Made until: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: Last Produced 1972”, p. 472
  • Form: “Red Top Cover Coat: Finish Plaster”, p. 462
  • Form: “Red Top Trowel Finish: Finish Plaster”, p. 462
  • Asbestos content: “9.7% by volume” (as of 1951-04-25), p. 542
  • Form: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Regular: Basecoat”, p. 472
  • Made until: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: Last Produced 1972”, p. 472
  • Made until: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: Last Produced 1966”, p. 472
  • Made until: “Red Top Patching Plaster: Last Produced 1951”, p. 462
  • Form: “Cement Plaster Regular: Basecoat”, p. 472
  • Made until: “Red Top Trowel Finish: Last Produced 1951”, p. 462
  • Made until: “Red Top Cover Coat: Last Produced 1954”, p. 462
  • Form: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: Basecoat”, p. 472

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

  • Made at: “Cement Plaster Regular: 1943-1947, Loveland, CO” (the plant: Loveland, Colorado), p. 413
  • Made from: “Cement Plaster Regular: First Produced 1943”, p. 413
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: 1959-1961, Plaster City, CA” (the plant: Plaster City, California), p. 413
  • Made from: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: First Produced 1959”, p. 413
  • Made at: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: 1962-1966, Detroit, MI” (the plant: Detroit, Michigan), p. 413
  • Made from: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: First Produced 1962”, p. 413
  • Made at: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: 1962-1966, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 413
  • Made at: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: 1964-1966, Oakfield, NY” (the plant: Oakfield, New York), p. 413
  • Made at: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: 1972-1972, East Chicago, IN” (the plant: East Chicago, Indiana), p. 413
  • Made until: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: Last Produced 1966”, p. 413
  • Form: “Red Top Cement Plaster for Machine Application: Basecoat”, p. 413
  • Made until: “Cement Plaster Regular: Last Produced 1947”, p. 413
  • Form: “Cement Plaster Regular: Basecoat”, p. 413
  • Form: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: Basecoat”, p. 413
  • Made until: “Red Top Wood Fiber Plaster - Machine Application: Last Produced 1972”, p. 413
  • Asbestos content: “9.70% by volume” (as of 1951-04-25), p. 463

Kind of product

We list Red Top (U.S. Gypsum) with insulating cement and coatings, 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, Boilermakers, Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters.

Other insulating cement and coatings by U.S. Gypsum (2)

Dura-dri · Neo-fleck Enamel

Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (322)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Pittcote 600 B (Pittsburgh Corning) · Plastic Emulsion (Armstrong Cork) · Plisulate (Plibrico Jointless Firebrick) · Powerhouse (Keene) · Protektite (Bitucote) · Pyroscat (Combustion Engineering) · Quik Set (Forty-Eight Insulations) · S-90 Tile (Armstrong Cork) · S.I.S. (Celotex) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Sanded Premix (Flintkote) · Sc-30 (Owens-Corning) · Sc-40 (Owens-Corning) · Sdk 50 (Combustion Engineering) · Simco (Standard Asbestos Manufacturing & Insulating) · and 302 more: all insulating cement and coatings

See also

References

  1. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 7.
  2. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), pp. 46–47, 54.
  3. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 41, 46.

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