H&S Historical Product Evidence · Primary-source extraction

Kaiser Historical Asbestos Product Evidence

The official Kaiser product-identification document groups listed items into refractories, re-branded insulation, Mirawal building products, and raw asbestos fiber.

Do not skip the evidence boundary. These names come from the cited trust product source. A product name or date overlap does not prove that the product was at a particular workplace, that a person encountered it, or that any claim criteria are satisfied.
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Official product-list entry

Plastic K-N / KK-N / Ram

Source-listed dates: 1974 → 1977

Refractory family used at steel mills in the official Kaiser product-identification list.

Official product-list entry

KR 1202 / 1204 M/C Brick

Source-listed dates: 1974 → 1978

Metal-encased firebrick in the official Kaiser product-identification list.

Official product-list entry

Coelex 60 Unitab Brick

Refractory brick named in the official Kaiser product-identification list.

Official product-list entry

M-Block Insulation

Source-listed dates: 1959 → 1972

Re-branded insulation sold by K/R according to the official list.

Official product-list entry

Vee Block Insulation

Source-listed dates: 1959 → 1974

Re-branded insulation sold by K/R according to the official list.

Official product-list entry

Super D Block Insulation

Source-listed dates: 1971 → 1974

Insulation entry identified in the official list.

Official product-list entry

Hard Top Finishing Cement

Source-listed dates: 1959 → 1972

Finishing cement / mud entry identified in the official list.

Official product-list entry

Plastic Insulation Cement

Source-listed dates: 1959 → 1972

Insulating cement entry identified in the official list.

Official product-list entry

Kaiser Mineral Wool Cement

Source-listed dates: 1959 → 1972

Cement entry identified in the official list.

Official product-list entry

Vee Block Mix / Castable Insulating Cement

Source-listed dates: 1959 → 1974

Castable insulating cement entry identified in the official list.

Official product-list entry

Mirawal / Birdsboard building panel and siding

Source-listed dates: 1968 → 1977

Building panel and siding entry identified in the official list.

Official product-list entry

Raw chrysotile asbestos fiber

Source-listed dates: 1968 → 1968

Official list describes limited U.S. sales by a KACC subsidiary in late 1968.

Primary source

Kaiser Asbestos Trust — Kaiser Product Identification

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