Documents in our library describe Usg (U.S. Gypsum) as “joint compound”.1 They give it as made 1920–1976.1,2,3 They put its asbestos content at 1.6% to 3.5%.2,3 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Usg (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)
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)
- Made at: “USG: 1954-1964, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 502
- Made from: “USG: First Produced 1954”, p. 502
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Midway, IL” (the plant: Midway, Illinois), p. 492
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 492
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 492
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 492
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 492
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 492
- Made at: “USG: 1967-1976, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 502
- Made at: “USG: 1967-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 502
- Made until: “USG: Last Produced 1976”, p. 492
- Asbestos content: “2.5% by volume”, p. 552
- Form: “Texture”, p. 492
- Asbestos content: “1.6-3.5% by volume”, p. 562
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Made from: “USG: First Produced 1954”, p. 433
- Made at: “USG: 1954-1964, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 433
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 423
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 423
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 423
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 423
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 423
- Made at: “USG: 1964-1976, Midway, IL” (the plant: Midway, Illinois), p. 423
- Made at: “USG: 1967-1976, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 433
- Made at: “USG: 1967-1976, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 433
- Asbestos content: “2.5% by volume”, p. 473
- Asbestos content: “1.6 - 3.5% by volume”, p. 483
- Made until: “USG: Last Produced 1976”, p. 423
- Form: “Texture”, p. 423
Kind of product
We list Usg (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, Roofers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by U.S. Gypsum (7)
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.) · Type A Asbestos Millboard (Johns-Manville) · Type A Millboard (Johns-Manville) · Unarcoboard (Owens-Corning) · Unarcoboard (Unarco) · Uni-syn Packing (Keasbey & Mattison) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Usg (maker not given) · Vanguard (GAF) · Veneered Marinite (Johns-Manville) · Vitramic (maker not given) · Vitramic (Ruberoid) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · Vitricel (Philip Carey) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Watcocell (GAF) · and 356 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
Other joint compound and texture coatings by U.S. Gypsum (13)
Imperial · Sheetrock · A.B. Tex · Texolite · Textone · Perf-a-tape · 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
- 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. 9.
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), pp. 49–50, 55–56.
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), pp. 42–43, 47–48.
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