Union Carbide Call Reports and Dust-Test Letter on Stedfast Rubber Co. Dropping Asbestos (RG-144) in Vinyl Plastisols (1975)

Three Union Carbide call reports (1/21/75, 2/12/75, 4/7/75) on visits to Stedfast Rubber Co. of Mattapan, MA, a maker of vinyl compounds, and a May 30, 1975 letter sending Stedfast the results of an airborne asbestos dust test at its plant. The reports say Stedfast stopped using RG-144 asbestos in its vinyl plastisols and switched to Cabosil. They say Stedfast cited the toxicology scare and OSHA regulations, and later asked Union Carbide to monitor its dust. The letter describes the test results as indicating relatively low airborne asbestos.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Call report by G. L. Dickson, 1/21/75, Stedfast Rubber Co. (Frank Miller), follow-up on RG-244 and RG-600; page 2 is a second copy without the exhibit stamp, with a handwritten number
• Page 3: Call report by G. L. Dickson with H. B. Rhodes, 2/12/75, Stedfast Rubber Co., toxicology discussion and OSHA regulations
• Page 4: Call report, 4/7/75, Stedfast Rubber, Stedfast's ban on asbestos and request for a dust count
• Page 5: Letter from B. L. Ingalls to Frank Miller, May 30, 1975, enclosing results of April 25, 1975 airborne asbestos tests
• Page 6: Unreadable in the OCR; content not determined

People and organizations

From G. L. Dickson (Union Carbide sales representative; author of the call reports); H. B. Rhodes (accompanied Dickson on the 2/12/75 visit); B. L. Ingalls (Supervisor, Special Projects; signed the May 30, 1975 letter) to T. P. Norris (cc on call reports); W. C. Thurber (cc on call reports); J. E. Walsh (cc on call reports); Frank Miller (Assistant Technical Director, Stedfast Rubber Co.; addressee of the May 30, 1975 letter).

• Gordon L. Dickson (author)
• Blair L. Ingalls (author)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Frank Miller (recipient)
• Tom P. Norris (copied)
• William C. Thurber (copied)
• Jack E. Walsh (copied)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Allied Resin Corporation (named)
• Beetle Plastics (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Stedfast Rubber Company, Inc (named)
• The Discovery Company (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Massachusetts 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-342 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages.