Union Carbide Calidria Reports of Call on Owens-Corning Fiberglas Regarding RG-244 in Polyester Resins (1973-1975)

Nine pages of Union Carbide Calidria call reports on customer Owens-Corning Fiberglas (OCF), dated 1973 to about 1975, concerning OCF's use of Calidria RG-244 in polyester resins. They cover OCF industrial hygienist G. E. Devitt's questions on asbestos fiber counting, warning labels and OSHA, EPA source registration for OCF plants, purchasing volumes, and a Conroe, Texas plant that was refused approval to try 244 by OCF corporate safety people.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Report of call, 8-12-73 (J. L. Myers / T. P. Norris): meeting with OCF's K. N. Warner and G. E. Devitt on customer inquiries about asbestos-containing products and fiber counting
• Pages 2-3: Report of call, 9/11/73 (H. B. Rhodes): Devitt's visit to Niagara Falls on asbestos identification techniques; added notes on OSHA and NIOSH
• Page 4: Report of call, 10/26/73 (J. E. Walsh): OCF Anderson, S.C. purchasing and tech service; 244 volumes and the Holman project
• Page 5: Report of call, 11/11 & 11/18/74 (H. B. Rhodes): telecon with Mike Grotke on registering as an EPA asbestos 'Source'
• Page 6: Report of call, 1/24/75 (H. B. Rhodes): follow-up with Grotke on EPA registration of three OCF plants
• Page 7: Report of call, date partly garbled (J. E. Walsh): OCF Anderson, S.C. on storage, shipping, air monitoring of 244 and the OSHA booklet
• Page 8: Metals Division customer call report, OCF Conroe, Texas (J. E. Walsh): Lou Pinard's response to toxicology material and OCF corporate safety's refusal to approve 244
• Page 9: Customer call report form, OCF (T. P. Norris, Western region): mostly illegible

People and organizations

From J. L. Myers (Union Carbide Calidria sales staff (report 1, with T. P. Norris)); T. P. Norris (Union Carbide Calidria sales (report 1; also salesman on the last call report)); H. B. Rhodes (Union Carbide, Niagara Falls (reports of 9/11/73, 11/1974 and 1/24/75)); J. E. Walsh (Union Carbide Calidria sales (reports of 10/26/73 and undated 1970s call)) to W. C. Thurber (Union Carbide, New York); T. P. Norris (Chicago); J. E. Walsh; H. B. Rhodes (Niagara Falls); A. G. Butler (Charlotte); R. E. Byrne (Niagara Falls).

• John L. Myers (author)
• Tom P. Norris (author, recipient)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (author, recipient)
• Jack E. Walsh (author, recipient)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (recipient)
• William C. Thurber (recipient)
• Calidria Asbestos (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• ASTM (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Owens-Corning Fiberglas (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Duty to Warn · Fiber Counting · Indiana Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Industrial Hygiene · NIOSH · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · Ohio Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Owens-Corning Fiberglas · South Carolina Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-928 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages.