{
  "name": "H&S Legacy Public Evidence Ledger",
  "canonicalSite": "https://www.humplebystrauss.com/",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-26",
  "publicationRule": "A source-supported historical fact is not proof of individual exposure. Each claim preserves its scope and limitation.",
  "claims": [
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-83-325-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH reported 16 maintenance operations involving removal of pipe insulation in the evaluated workplace since 1981.",
      "source": "https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/83-325-1564.pdf",
      "scope": "Evaluated workplace and report period only",
      "doesNotEstablish": "That pipe insulation at another facility contained asbestos or that another individual was exposed."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-83-325-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH reported seven maintenance operations involving removal of furnace components described as gaskets, joints or refractory materials where asbestos was determined to be present.",
      "source": "https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/83-325-1564.pdf",
      "scope": "Evaluated workplace and report period only",
      "doesNotEstablish": "That all furnace gaskets, joints or refractory materials contained asbestos."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-83-073-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH reported that a bulk sample of pipe insulation at Russell-Zuhl contained approximately 25 percent asbestos.",
      "source": "https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/83-73-1293.pdf",
      "scope": "Sampled material at Russell-Zuhl in the 1982 evaluation",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The manufacturer, installation date or exposure of any particular person."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-83-073-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH reported airborne asbestos below the approximate detection limit during its Russell-Zuhl survey and concluded there was no airborne asbestos hazard at the time of that survey.",
      "source": "https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/83-73-1293.pdf",
      "scope": "Conditions measured during the December 1982 survey",
      "doesNotEstablish": "Airborne conditions during earlier or later disturbance events."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-EPA-DEFERIET-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA documented asbestos-containing pipe insulation at the former Deferiet Paper Mill and identified multiple on-site areas as potential asbestos-mitigation locations.",
      "source": "https://response.epa.gov/DeferietPaperMill_RV4",
      "scope": "Former Deferiet Paper Mill cleanup record",
      "doesNotEstablish": "Individual worker exposure, product manufacturer or historical task-specific contact."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-SHOREHAM-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH reported that sampled Novatex used at the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant construction site contained chrysotile asbestos.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171957",
      "scope": "NIOSH's 1979 Shoreham investigation and sampled Novatex",
      "doesNotEstablish": "That every material or work area at Shoreham contained asbestos."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-SHOREHAM-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH reported Novatex used to wrap stainless-steel pipe, as insulating wrap for welded pipe joints during heat stress, and in several other worksite applications.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171957",
      "scope": "Work practices described in NIOSH HHE 79-136-668",
      "doesNotEstablish": "Use during every Shoreham construction period or by every trade."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-SHOREHAM-03",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH reported a personal air sample associated with a pipefitter at 0.16 fibers per cubic centimeter, above its then-recommended 0.1 fibers/cc criterion.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171957",
      "scope": "The personal sample collected during the 1979 investigation",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The exposure of another worker or conditions at another time."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-BALMAT-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH reported asbestiform tremolite and anthophyllite in bulk talc samples from the Gouverneur Talc Company Number One Mine and Mill study in Balmat, New York.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179027",
      "scope": "Bulk samples analyzed in the NIOSH industrial-hygiene study",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The mineral content of every talc source or downstream talc product."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-BALMAT-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH reported personal sampling across almost 30 job categories and concluded that excessive airborne-fiber exposures existed in both mine and mill operations.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179027",
      "scope": "The mine and mill operations evaluated in the 1975 study",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The exposure of a particular worker without person-specific work history and evidence."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-NIOSH-DIAMOND-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH evaluated asbestos used during diamond-cutting operations at Herman Diamond Company and recommended substitution for asbestos paper or wet cutting if substitution was not feasible.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173795",
      "scope": "Herman Diamond Company conditions evaluated in 1979",
      "doesNotEstablish": "That asbestos paper was used throughout the diamond-cutting industry."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-020-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH surveyed New York City sanitation, traffic and police brake-servicing facilities in Queens in January 1979.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179017",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for New York City Municipal Brake Servicing Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "These measurements describe specific facilities, dates and work practices. They do not establish the exposure of every municipal mechanic, every brake job, or conditions at another garage."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-020-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "The report described personal asbestos measurements ranging from 0.12 to 0.54 fibers/cc in the sanitation repair station, 0.15 to 2.62 fibers/cc in the traffic repair station, and 0.03 to 0.81 fibers/cc in the police repair station.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179017",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for New York City Municipal Brake Servicing Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "These measurements describe specific facilities, dates and work practices. They do not establish the exposure of every municipal mechanic, every brake job, or conditions at another garage."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-021-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "The confidential employee request concerned Huntington Coach Corporation bus repair and body shops in Huntington Station, New York.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172563",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Huntington Coach Bus Maintenance Asbestos-Brake-Dust Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The existence of a concern or an evaluation does not by itself establish a hazardous asbestos exposure for any particular worker. The report must be read for the conditions and findings applicable to the evaluated period."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-021-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "Employees identified asbestos-containing brake dust among several suspected workplace exposures.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172563",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Huntington Coach Bus Maintenance Asbestos-Brake-Dust Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The existence of a concern or an evaluation does not by itself establish a hazardous asbestos exposure for any particular worker. The report must be read for the conditions and findings applicable to the evaluated period."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-022-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH sampled area air at the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center in Ronkonkoma on October 7, 1980.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173384",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for FAA Ronkonkoma Sprayed-Asbestos Survey Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "A negative measurement at one survey time does not establish that airborne asbestos was absent during earlier or later disturbance, maintenance, renovation or deterioration."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-022-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "The area samples did not reveal airborne asbestos fibers during that survey.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173384",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for FAA Ronkonkoma Sprayed-Asbestos Survey Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "A negative measurement at one survey time does not establish that airborne asbestos was absent during earlier or later disturbance, maintenance, renovation or deterioration."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-023-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "NIOSH evaluated environmental air samples, ventilation and work procedures at 919 Third Garage Company in New York City.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/48373",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for 919 Third Garage Asbestos Negative-Evidence Record.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "This finding is bounded to the evaluated workplace, work practices and survey period. It does not prove the absence of asbestos-containing components or eliminate the possibility of different conditions during other tasks or times."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-023-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "The report concluded that workers were not exposed to hazardous airborne concentrations of asbestos during the evaluated conditions.",
      "source": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/48373",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for 919 Third Garage Asbestos Negative-Evidence Record.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "This finding is bounded to the evaluated workplace, work practices and survey period. It does not prove the absence of asbestos-containing components or eliminate the possibility of different conditions during other tasks or times."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-024-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA inspected the former Jones & Laughlin Ore Company / Benson Mines site in 2014 after a New York State referral.",
      "source": "https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=9490",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Benson Mines / Jones & Laughlin Ore Company Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "EPA\u2019s observation documents site conditions during the cleanup assessment. It does not identify the historical manufacturer of the materials or establish an individual worker\u2019s contact with them."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-024-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA observed friable asbestos-containing material in decaying bags in one building.",
      "source": "https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=9490",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Benson Mines / Jones & Laughlin Ore Company Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "EPA\u2019s observation documents site conditions during the cleanup assessment. It does not identify the historical manufacturer of the materials or establish an individual worker\u2019s contact with them."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-025-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA evaluated the four-acre Power City Warehouse site in Niagara Falls after a New York State request.",
      "source": "https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=5353",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Power City Warehouse Niagara Falls Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The EPA record identifies a material and location context; it does not identify who installed or disturbed the pipe insulation or establish person-specific exposure."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-025-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA reported asbestos from pipe insulation at the site.",
      "source": "https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=5353",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Power City Warehouse Niagara Falls Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The EPA record identifies a material and location context; it does not identify who installed or disturbed the pipe insulation or establish person-specific exposure."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-026-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA evaluated a rural Frankfort, New York site after a referral from its criminal-enforcement program.",
      "source": "https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=9012",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Frankfort Asbestos Debris Site Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "A contaminated debris pile does not reveal the original buildings, products or people associated with the material unless separate evidence establishes those relationships."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-026-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "The site contained a large pile of shredded building debris with multiple smaller piles on top.",
      "source": "https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=9012",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Frankfort Asbestos Debris Site Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "A contaminated debris pile does not reveal the original buildings, products or people associated with the material unless separate evidence establishes those relationships."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-027-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "The original factory at the Canajoharie complex dated to the 1860s and became associated with the manufacture of flat-bottom paper sacks.",
      "source": "https://www.epa.gov/archive/epa/newsreleases/epa-takes-action-stop-potential-spread-asbestos-former-arkell-and-smiths-sack-company.html",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Arkell & Smiths Sack Company Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The cleanup record documents deteriorated asbestos-containing material in the complex; it does not identify historical employee exposure, product manufacturers or the original installation date of the material."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-027-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA sampled buildings and debris in 2016 and reported asbestos associated with badly deteriorating structures.",
      "source": "https://www.epa.gov/archive/epa/newsreleases/epa-takes-action-stop-potential-spread-asbestos-former-arkell-and-smiths-sack-company.html",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Arkell & Smiths Sack Company Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The cleanup record documents deteriorated asbestos-containing material in the complex; it does not identify historical employee exposure, product manufacturers or the original installation date of the material."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-028-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "Stevens & Thompson manufactured tissue paper at the Middle Falls facility from the late 1880s and ceased operations in 2001.",
      "source": "https://www.epa.gov/archive/epapages/newsroom_archive/newsreleases/5073994cb9ed7f058525719b004842dd.html",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Stevens & Thompson Paper Mill Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The cleanup summary does not by itself identify which historical departments, workers or maintenance tasks involved the asbestos insulation."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-028-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA reported removing asbestos insulation during cleanup of the abandoned site.",
      "source": "https://www.epa.gov/archive/epapages/newsroom_archive/newsreleases/5073994cb9ed7f058525719b004842dd.html",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for Stevens & Thompson Paper Mill Asbestos Evidence.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "The cleanup summary does not by itself identify which historical departments, workers or maintenance tasks involved the asbestos insulation."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-029-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA identifies the site canonically as General Motors (Central Foundry Division), Massena, New York.",
      "source": "https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.docdata&id=0201644",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for General Motors Massena Entity Resolution Record.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "Name resolution establishes identity, not asbestos use or individual exposure. Any asbestos relationship requires a separate source that actually supports that proposition."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-IND-029-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "EPA lists multiple alternate forms including G M - Massena, G M Central Foundry, G.M. Central Foundry, and General Motors/Central Foundry Division.",
      "source": "https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.docdata&id=0201644",
      "scope": "Source-specific conditions described in the cited record for General Motors Massena Entity Resolution Record.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "Name resolution establishes identity, not asbestos use or individual exposure. Any asbestos relationship requires a separate source that actually supports that proposition."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-OSHA-MAINT-01",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "OSHA identified gasket removal and installation, boiler removal and installation, pipe removal and installation, miscellaneous maintenance, and telecommunications maintenance as routine-maintenance categories relevant to asbestos disturbance in industrial settings.",
      "source": "https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/federalregister/1994-08-10",
      "scope": "OSHA 1994 industry-wide rulemaking context.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "That a particular facility, component or person encountered asbestos."
    },
    {
      "claimId": "EVD-OSHA-MAINT-02",
      "status": "documented",
      "claim": "OSHA identified gaskets, pipe and boiler insulation, electronic components and structural building materials as examples of asbestos-containing materials relevant to industrial maintenance.",
      "source": "https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/federalregister/1994-08-10",
      "scope": "OSHA 1994 regulatory/economic analysis context.",
      "doesNotEstablish": "Material composition at a named facility without site-specific evidence."
    }
  ]
}