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FILE NAME: ZW^W^ DATE: D DOC#: W^ DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION>Z/ZtZ . r:-....--:- ' .,.- iat:&ttei1:i-tl4 ,,. ' ,._ I. 1\h o' : -. , ~ . -= 1 {.r~";:~~;;-::~ ; ~-':.~'I! ~--;J~ low:\"-"--: -l""ffe.,,., ..~{,-- ""'~..("":', ... , , ... - --= ~ "" NORTH ~ BRITISH PLASTICS OIIIICt;;fOltl I,. 0 L... WS .J lllf AOA .. SO"' 0 Wl4f,..(RS10N, LIMITED IIAfllUIACfVff(R1 or TH[ f.lJ40US LACOTILE: PANALAC PANAPLEX & PANAX OECORATCO WALLBOARDS TELl!:OOIAMS "PAN AX, BLAYDONOIHYNf" MANUFACTURRS or LAMINATEO SHE[TS EXTRUDED f,IQULOIHGS MOULDEO PLASTICS TELEPHONE BLAYDON zgo BLAYDON-ON-TYNE WL/VA.. /\ Hth May , 1948, r. J. Skaggs Esq, Meaara. Turners Asbestos cement Co Ltd, Traf'ford !"ark, llanohe:stor .17. /\ Dear Mr. Skegge. / i I "'tmi I ho1.e you will torgivo me for troubling !,ou I thou~t you oould p,rhaps give me some guidance on the .tbllowing Insurauoo problem:- / Among certain details which have cro1,,ped up with t.he Inisuro.nce comi,any who have our Workmen I a Comp,neation 1-olio;y ia the '[U8 at ion whether sps cial covor 1a applicable for thoee of our em{,loyees who are engaged in cutting to required eio& your I-OILITE Aaboatos-oement aheeta. i Included are drilling ot holes, filing of odgoa and eurt~ce eMnding. / I 0 Tlhen producing at our old worl:s at B!ll-4uay aa l.ACOTILE LTD. we had ot couree p,riodioal viaite trom the Factory Iner,ector and the Factory Doctor and it wa.s never suggested that we should come into the Aebeatoais Scheme or its ~edical Arrangements Scheme, the Home office inspectora moroly 11howing intereat in th efficiency or our duat extraction arrangements. Our Insurance Comp!iny 1 s ehiet couoorn seome to be to decide whether the Oferatione desoribed in fe,r& 2 (vi) 0 the Aabeatosla Scheme (S.R.& 0.1951.No.344) are neutralised by pi.re. 2 {b) on the grounds that your sheets though not composed ot woven asbestos contains asbestna combined with a large proJ:(>rtion (we have indicated ai,~oxi.JI:ately 85%) of oament and tlw.t thin constitutes a bond or en ;-. adhe11ive nature. I I With kitld regards and appreciating very J11Uch any information you 911n let me have on the matter. 0 L- 0 -- .... - \ \ i . .. . / - i