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Sheetrock (U.S. Gypsum)

Sheetrock was a United States Gypsum Company name; in these sources it appears on a radiant heat filler and on texture finishes.1,2 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Sheetrock under U.S. Gypsum as a radiant heat filler made from 1971 to 1972.1

A 1990 EPA notice that published what U.S. Gypsum reported lists two Sheetrock texture products.2 Sheetrock Radiant Heat Simulated Acoustical Texture, a ceiling texture, was produced from 1970 to 1972 in South Gate, California.2 Sheetrock Smoothcoat texture was produced from 1965 to 1974 in Gypsum, Ohio, from 1966 to 1974 in Dallas, Texas, and from 1971 to 1974 in Midway, Illinois.2

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What each document says

Every statement about Sheetrock (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: “71”, p. 81
  • Form: “RADIANT HEAT FILLER”, p. 81
  • Made until: “72”, p. 81

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Made at: “Sheetrock Smoothcoat texture: produced 1965 to 1974” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio, Dallas, Texas, Midway, Illinois), said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 192
  • Made at: “Sheetrock Radiant Heat Simulated Acoustical Texture ceiling texture: produced 1970 to 1972” (the plant: South Gate, California), said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 192

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

  • Made at: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: 1964-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 503
  • Made at: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: 1964-1976, Midway, IL” (the plant: Midway, Illinois), p. 503
  • Made at: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: 1964-1976, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 503
  • Made from: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: First Produced 1964”, p. 503
  • Made at: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: 1964-1976, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 503
  • Made at: “Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler - Machine Application: 1971-1972, Empire, NV” (the plant: Empire, Nevada), p. 483
  • Made from: “Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler - Machine Application: First Produced 1971”, p. 483
  • Form: “Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler - Machine Application: Specialty plaster”, p. 483
  • Asbestos content: “1.0% by volume”, p. 573
  • Asbestos content: “6.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “3.5% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 593
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 593
  • Form: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: Texture”, p. 503
  • Made until: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: Last Produced 1976”, p. 503
  • Made until: “Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler - Machine Application: Last Produced 1972”, p. 483

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

  • Made at: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: 1964-1976, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 434
  • Made from: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: First Produced 1964”, p. 434
  • Made at: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: 1964-1976, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 434
  • Made at: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: 1964-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 434
  • Made at: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: 1964-1976, Midway, IL” (the plant: Midway, Illinois), p. 434
  • Made from: “Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler - Machine Application: First Produced 1971”, p. 424
  • Made at: “Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler - Machine Application: 1971-1972, Empire, NV” (the plant: Empire, Nevada), p. 424
  • Asbestos content: “2.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 504
  • Form: “Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler - Machine Application: Specialty plaster”, p. 424
  • Asbestos content: “3.5% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “6.0% by volume” (as of 1966-01-01), p. 504
  • Asbestos content: “1.0% by volume”, p. 494
  • Made until: “Sheetrock Radiant Heat Filler - Machine Application: Last Produced 1972”, p. 424
  • Made until: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: Last Produced 1976”, p. 434
  • Form: “"SHEETROCK" Texture: Texture”, p. 434

Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981

  • Made from: “71”, p. 245
  • Form: “BOARD”, p. 245
  • Made until: “72”, p. 245

Kind of product

We list Sheetrock (U.S. Gypsum) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet and joint compound and texture coatings, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters, Carpenters and Construction Workers.

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by U.S. Gypsum (7)

Glatex · Pyro-bestos · Thermalux · Usg · Siding Shingles · Concord · Sheetrock RH Fillers

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (376)

Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Scotstone (Marinite) · Servicised (Albert C. Fischer) · Shado-Shake (Supradur) · Shake Shield (Philip Carey) · Shake-Tex (maker not given) · Shasta Snow (Philip Carey) · Sheetflextos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Sponge Felt (GAF) · Stoneglow (GAF) · Stonewall (Ruberoid) · Stonewall Board (GAF) · Stratalite (GAF) · Stri-Color (Flintkote) · Stride (Supradur) · Strytex (Keasbey & Mattison) · and 356 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

Other joint compound and texture coatings by U.S. Gypsum (13)

Imperial · A.B. Tex · Texolite · Textone · Perf-a-tape · Usg · Covercoat · Durabond · Joint compound · 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. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 8.
  2. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 19.
  3. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), p. 50.
  4. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), p. 43.
  5. Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 24.

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