J. E. Walsh Call Reports on Industrial Plastics, Baton Rouge, on Loss and Return of the RG-244 Account (1974)

Three Union Carbide call reports on Industrial Plastics of Baton Rouge, a maker of FRP products and a customer for RG-244 (Calidria). The January 1974 report describes the company's president removing 244 after newspaper and Time articles on asbestos health hazards, and the April 1974 report says he had not changed his position. The third report, undated in the text, says the account resumed ordering 244 under a new plant manager, who remained wary of the toxicology and OSHA.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Call report by J. E. Walsh dated 1/30/74 on Industrial Plastics Co. (Randy, president, and Bill Beatty, plant manager), a former 244 user that dropped it after the health articles
• Page 2: Call report dated 4/16/74 (typed 4/29/74) on Industrial Plastics, Bill Beaty, saying the president's decision stood and no further effort was warranted
• Page 3: Undated call report on Industrial Plastics Company, John Clayton Beatty, plant manager, saying the account was resurrected with 244 orders and giving a new address

People and organizations

From J. E. Walsh to T. P. Norris (Chicago); H. B. Rhodes (Niagara Falls); W. C. Thurber (NY 38); R. E. Byrne (Niagara Falls (page 3 distribution)).

• Jack E. Walsh (author)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (recipient)
• Tom P. Norris (recipient)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (recipient)
• William C. Thurber (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• OSHA (named)
• TIME magazine (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Louisiana 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-629 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages.