Endicott-Johnson Ranger Paracord — Johnson City: public asbestos record and work-history research
This page starts with a specific public record, then separates what that record documents from what still has to be investigated about an individual person.
What the public record documents
A documented starting point
A NYSDEC Brownfield Cleanup Program application describes the former Endicott-Johnson Ranger Paracord property as a former shoe/rubber manufacturing operation and includes building demolition with associated asbestos abatement in the redevelopment scope.
What this record does — and does not — tell us
Documented
A NYSDEC Brownfield Cleanup Program application for the former Endicott-Johnson Ranger Paracord site described planned building demolition with associated asbestos abatement and identified the property as part of a former shoe and rubber manufacturing operation.
Scope
Former Endicott-Johnson Ranger Paracord brownfield project and the redevelopment work described in the cited application.
Not established
Does not establish what asbestos-containing materials were present during a particular worker’s employment or that an individual was exposed.
Questions that move the investigation forward
Was the remembered work at Ranger Paracord or another Endicott-Johnson building?
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What years, department, floor or production area are remembered?
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Did the work involve maintenance, utilities, construction, repair or production equipment?
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Can employment, union, coworker or facility records narrow the location?
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Primary source
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