Union Carbide Calidria Reports of Call on Hooker Chemical Co., Durez Division, on RG-244 Toxicity Questions and Phenolic Molding Tests (1971-1975)

Compilation of Union Carbide Calidria 'Report of Call' forms on telephone calls and visits with Hooker Chemical's Durez Division at Tonawanda, N.Y., dated April 1971, September 1974 and January 1975. The 1971 reports cover Hooker plant health concerns about using Calidria RG-244 in polyester laminates. The 1974 and 1975 reports cover Hooker's lab tests of Calidria grades in phenolic molding compounds and discussion of RG-244 toxicology and OSHA regulations. Most reports appear twice.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Exhibit cover sheet with handwritten 'Hooker Chemical Corp.'
• Page 2: Report of call by B. L. Ingalls, 4/14/71, telecon with Jeff Selley (Hooker Durez) on RG-244 toxicity concerns; typed 4/23/71
• Page 3: Report of call by B. L. Ingalls, 4/21/71, follow-up on RG-244 pilot trial and plant management objections to asbestos (OCR incomplete)
• Page 4: Second copy of the 4/14/71 report of call
• Page 5: Second, more legible copy of the 4/21/71 report of call
• Pages 6-7: Report of call by R. E. Byrne, Jr. with G. L. Dickson, 9/12/74, on Hooker lab work with Calidria SG-210 and other grades in phenolic molding materials; page 2 'Miscellaneous'; typed 9/17/74
• Pages 8-9: Second copy of the 9/12/74 report of call
• Pages 10-11: Report of call by R. E. Byrne with G. L. Dickson, 1/8/75, on RG-244 toxicology and OSHA regulations with Jeff Selley and on Calidria phenolic test results; typed 1/10/75
• Pages 12-13: Second copy of the 1/8/75 report of call

People and organizations

From B. L. Ingalls; R. E. Byrne; G. L. Dickson to T. P. Norris (cc); R. T. Larkin (cc); J. W. Rawlings (cc); R. E. Knight - Buffalo (cc); W. C. Thurber (cc); J. E. Walsh (cc).

• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (author)
• Gordon L. Dickson (author)
• Blair L. Ingalls (author)
• R. T. Larkin (copied)
• Tom P. Norris (copied)
• James W. Rawlings (copied)
• William C. Thurber (copied)
• Jack E. Walsh (copied)
• Calidria Asbestos (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Health Department (named)
• Hooker Chemical Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics: Circuit Breakers, Switchgear, and Resin Pipe · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-267 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 13 pages.