Union Carbide Calidria Sales Files on Mortell Company: Call Reports, Letters and Related Papers (1977-1981)

Compilation of Union Carbide Calidria customer call reports and letters concerning Mortell Company of Plymouth, MI (1977-1981), a sealant maker. It also contains a June 1978 Mortell internal memo on eliminating asbestos, a telex request for data sheets, and an Exxon 'Oilways' magazine issue (1981) with an article on Mortell. The call reports discuss customer concern about asbestos toxicology, dust counts and reluctance by GM and Ford to accept asbestos sealants.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Customer call report, Mortell Research Laboratory, 10/21/77 (Kleber): Fisher Body meeting, dust counts
• Page 2: Letter, Kleber to Bruce Radebough, 1/17/78, on SG-130 sample and fiber count at Perth Amboy
• Page 3: Customer call report, Mortell, 7/26/78: Mortell executive committee letter on asbestos
• Page 4: Mortell Company inter-office memo from Executive Committee to Dr. Anagnostou and B. A. Rodebough on asbestos liability and fiberless plants (stamped July 1978)
• Page 5: Customer call report, Mortell, 10/18/78: result of H. B. Rhodes' toxicology presentation to Mortell board
• Page 6: Letter, Kleber to Dr. Anagnostou, 10/25/78, thanking him for lab tour
• Page 7: Customer call report, Mortell, 2/16/79: Radebough on why RG-144/RG-244 not used in hot melt sealant
• Page 8: Customer call report, Mortell, 8/5/80 (Dickson)
• Page 9: Letter, G. L. Dickson to Mahendra Shah, 3/17/81, enclosing technical data and safety data sheet for RG-110, RG-144, RG-244
• Page 10: Telex/message requesting data sheets and MSDS for Mortell (Mahendra Shah), 03/13
• Pages 11-13: Customer call report, Mortell, 12/10/81 (Dickson), with contact names for Riverside and Kankakee plants
• Page 12: Tom Norris 'From the Desk Of' Calidria Asbestos note sheet
• Pages 14-37: Exxon Company, U.S.A. 'Oilways' Number Three, 1981, including an article on Mortell Company
• Pages 38-39: Mortell Company business cards/ contact cards (Bruce A. Radebaugh, Mahendra Shah)

People and organizations

From Edward J. Kleber (Midwest Sales); Gordon L. Dickson (Technical Sales Representative, Eastern Region) to Bruce Radebough (Mortell Company, Development Lab); Dr. T. J. Anagnostou (Mortell Company-Development Lab.); Mahendra Shah (Mortell Company).

• Gordon L. Dickson (author)
• Edward J. Kleber (author)
• T. J. Anagnostou (recipient)
• Bruce Radebough (recipient)
• Mahendra Shah (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Chrysler Chemical (named)
• EPA (named)
• Exxon (named)
• Federal Government (named)
• Fisher Body (named)
• Ford Motor Company (named)
• General Motors (named)
• Mortell Company (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · EPA · Illinois Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Michigan Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New Jersey Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-339 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 39 pages.