Union Carbide Calidria Customer Call Reports and Related Papers on Mortell Company, Plymouth, Michigan (1978-1983)

Compilation of Union Carbide Metals Division customer call reports, letters and a telex about Mortell Company, a Calidria asbestos customer in Plymouth, Michigan. It includes a copy of Mortell's July 19, 1978 executive committee memo ordering R & D to eliminate asbestos fiber, and a 1983 Mortell memo on an SG130 test. Also bound in are an Exxon 'Oilways' issue (1981) with an article on Mortell, Mortell letterheads and a duplicate call report.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Union Carbide customer call report, Mortell Co., E. J. Kleber, call of 7/26/78, on Mortell's reaction to asbestos liability
• Page 2: Mortell Company inter-office memo, Executive Committee to Dr. Anagnostou and B. A. Radebaugh, July 19, 1978, on asbestos
• Page 3: Customer call report, Kleber, 10/18/78, on H. B. Rhodes' toxicology presentation to Mortell's board and a lab tour for the Japanese distributor
• Page 4: Letter, E. J. Kleber to Dr. T. J. Anagnostou, October 25, 1978, thanking him for the lab tour
• Page 5: Customer call report, Kleber, 2/16/79, on Mortell's choice not to use RG-144/RG-244 in a hot melt sealant, citing toxicology
• Page 6: Customer call report, G. L. Dickson and J. E. Walsh, 8/5/80, on Mortell's asbestos-free policy for new products
• Page 7: Letter, G. L. Dickson to Mahendra Shah, Mortell, March 17, 1981, enclosing technical information and safety data sheet for RG-110, RG-144 and RG-244
• Page 8: Telex request (March 1981) from Mortell for tech data sheets, material safety data sheets and chemical abstract numbers
• Pages 9-11: Customer call report, Dickson, 12/10/81, on Mortell's reduced asbestos use, with plant contacts and a note slip
• Page 12: Page with no legible content in the OCR
• Pages 13-35: Exxon 'Oilways' employee magazine, Number Three, 1981, including an article on Mortell Company (pp. 15-18) and unrelated articles
• Pages 36-37: Mortell Company business cards or letterheads (Bruce A. Radebaugh, Mahendra Shah)
• Page 38: Blank or illegible page
• Page 39: Mortell inter-office memo, Jim Harris to Jim Keslin, 1/4/83, evaluating Union Carbide asbestos SG130 as a replacement for F-38 at Riverside
• Page 40: Duplicate of the first call report, with a date of call that reads 2/26/78
• Page 41: Blank page

People and organizations

From Edward J. Kleber (Salesman, Midwest region); Gordon L. Dickson (Salesman / Technical Sales Representative, Eastern Region); Jim Harris (Mortell Company (author of 1/4/83 inter-office memo)) to Dr. T. J. Anagnostou (R & D Director, Mortell Company (addressee of Kleber's 10/25/78 letter)); Mahendra Shah (Mortell Company (addressee of 3/17/81 letter)); Jim Keslin (Mortell Company (addressee of 1/4/83 memo)).

• Gordon L. Dickson (author)
• John M. Harris (author)
• Edward J. Kleber (author)
• T. J. Anagnostou (recipient)
• Jim Keslin (recipient)
• Mahendra Shah (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• EPA (named)
• Exxon (named)
• Mortell Company (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Tomoe Engineering Co., Ltd. (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · EPA · Michigan 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-4790 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 41 pages. Production numbers UC-4790 to UC-340.