Union Carbide Metals Division Call Reports and Reports of Call on Distributor Montello, Inc., Sand Springs and Tulsa, Oklahoma (1973-1984)

Compilation of Union Carbide customer call reports and reports of call on Montello, Inc., its distributor of Calidria asbestos to the oil-well drilling mud industry, dated 1973 to 1984. Several reports are duplicated. The reports cover sales volumes, OSHA enforcement and medical exam requirements, dust counts on shrink-wrapped bags, product specifications and product liability concerns. The exhibit also holds two trade-press items and a bank promotional piece about Montello.

What the document holds

• Page 1: J. E. Walsh customer call report, Montello, 5-16-77 (introductory call, Ken Campbell)
• Page 2: Walsh customer call report, Montello, 2-21-78
• Pages 3-6: B. L. Ingalls report of call on Montello, trip of 3/12-3/14/75, typed 4/15/75 (SVB project, dust counts, OSHA Lubbock)
• Pages 7-10: Duplicate copy of the Ingalls report of call (3/12-3/14/75)
• Pages 11-14: J. L. Myers report of call, quarterly meeting with Montello, 11/28/73, typed 12/14/73
• Pages 15-16: Walsh customer call report, Montello annual review, 7-15-82, with continuation
• Page 17: Table, Montello sales history 1975-June 1982, by product
• Page 18: World Oil special report on the oil outlook, January 21, 1982
• Page 19: OGJ Newsletter, July 12, 1982 (rig count, crude prices)
• Page 20: Walsh customer call report, Mission Coatings, Houston, 5-2-78 (RG-244 evaluation)
• Pages 21-22: H. B. Rhodes report of call (telecon with Ken Campbell), 4/16/75, on OSHA uniformity ruling on warning signs
• Pages 23-26: Second duplicate copy of the Ingalls report of call (3/12-3/14/75)
• Page 27: Walsh joint call report, Montello new marketing plans and CSV specifications, 3-21-83
• Page 28: Walsh distributor call report, Montello, 3-3-83 (rig count decline, reduced activity)
• Pages 29-31: Duplicate copy of the 7-15-82 Walsh call report with continuation and sales history table
• Pages 32-33: Duplicate copies of the World Oil special report and OGJ Newsletter (1982)
• Pages 34-35: Walsh call report, Montello meeting at LaGuardia airport, 11-10-81 (product liability concerns, sales)
• Page 36: Walsh call report, Montello semi-annual meeting, 4-24-81 (OSHA, monitoring, Univis transition)
• Page 37: Promotional article about Montello (Ken Campbell and Harry Wyatt) referring to Utica's International Department
• Page 38: Walsh call report, Montello dinner meeting in Houston, 2-11-81
• Pages 39-40: H. B. Rhodes report of call on Montello, 7/10/75, typed 7/14/75 (drilling activity, oil-based muds)
• Page 54: Duplicate copy of the 2-21-78 Walsh call report
• Page 55: Duplicate copy of the 5-16-77 Walsh call report
• Pages 56-57: Walsh call report, Montello meeting with Myers, Atley and Ingalls (date illegible); competition, packaging, quality control
• Page 58: Walsh distributor call report, Montello, 3/1/84 (CSV and ShureLift sales, Ashland)

People and organizations

From J. E. Walsh (Salesman, Southern Region, Metals Division); B. L. Ingalls; J. L. Myers; H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. (copy distribution); W. C. Thurber (copy distribution).

• Blair L. Ingalls (author)
• John L. Myers (author)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Jack E. Walsh (author)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (copied)
• William C. Thurber (copied)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Amoco (named)
• Dresser Industries (named)
• Magobar (named)
• Mission Coatings (named)
• Montello (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-709 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 58 pages.