Document 7RBONOpe21QDX4DR9B81eDGN8

FILE NAME: Asbestos Cement Pipe and Sheet (ACPS) DATE: 1942 Oct 12 DOC#: ACPS057 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter - Subcontractors do not Qualify for Insurance for Asbestosis . Hr. T. Iloblo, London o fl'io o . TN/liO HN/JM 12th Ootobor 1942. Dear Ur. Noble, A sbostosls I have received your lo tto r o f th e lo th October and, in th e f i r a t p lu o e , would adviae you th a t any omployoos in the T. & N. L td . group ooiling w ith in th e aoope of the Aubootoaia re g u la tio n s a re insured by the vorioua u n it uonpunies paying to u o e n tra l fund in Turner & Hawaii L td. co n trib u tio n s a t u ru te . ag reed by th e A eboatooia Committee of th o T. it N. L td . group: i n o th e r w ords, th e T. & N* o rg a n is a tio n o u rrio s i t s own in a u ra n o e . With regard to nub-oontraotors and th o ir enployoea, th is . qu estio n was considered by the A abeatosls C onnitteo in October 1931 and th ey aooopted tho c o n ten tio n t h a t out-worJ:ers did n o t oome w ith in th e A s b e s to s is scheme f o r in au ran o o , co n seq u e n tly no c o n tr ib u tio n has e v e r boen- paid by us to tho c o n tro l fund whioh was e s ta b lis h e d to provido f o r claim s made under tho A ot. . O As a m a tte r o f i n t e r e s t , I would a d v is e you th a t s p e o ia l n o n tio n was made in th e r e p o r t , o f tho f a c t tJuit d o f i n it o in s tru c tio n s should be issu ed , and should fo m p a rt of our stundard I n s tr u c tio n s to f i x e r s , th a t any c u ttin g dono on tho Job must be done in a .wot s t a t e , i . o . a f t e r adding w utor t o th e shoot a t th e point of o u ttin g , ` , I believe the reason fo r the decisio n tirnt outworkers should not oons w ith in th o aoope o f th e A sb o ato sis T o ,ju lu tio n s vma th a t they do not out asbestos aheeto in an enclosed area, in a dry s t a t e , f o r moie th an e ig h t hours a wook: th o re may Jtuve beon o th e r p o in ts considered, but I b eliev e t h is i s the main ono. * . O I th in k th e foregoing w ill onablo you to rep ly to Alexander Uaoquire L td ., but i f thore is s t i l l any point of doubt perhaps you w i l l l o t me know. ' * A Yours .fa ^ /Jifu lly , / . \ /#