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FILE NAME: Asbestos Sacks and Bags (ASB) DATE:K DOC#:ASB0 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:>ZDZ>ZZZZ ZZZtZ>ZWZ> //L/",.'\ /'71 y~ I C f? (/ , ,., i awa:tu;- 3456 Ext. 384 l" Ref~ SIlW 3787/1965 Ministry of Labour :StrJ~u..'1t~~:&!.tiat\oI;.{QIld~ Daynards House, .._I,:.l 1-13 Chepstow Place, " \ iY68tbourne Grove, LONDON ~ W.2, - ... ' ...... I k J...~ t ~ \ .. 27th October, 1965. ,/. Tho 118.ndJ.i1l5 Faoto::::>, Inspoo"Coratc have of a,B'b(~l.;toa in thCl docks, noy; .completcct their investigations into v;:'1icn YiOre Pl,t in hand following co,n the July nbout dusty conditions in one particular yossel :i.n the London plaints docks. The in l'fatJ.onal /\.]!1alca;'nated Stevedores and DOr]:;:Gl'S Union then ohtained tledicul adv'icc f:l.'OIll 1>1'. 1.lnte!: of the Irwti tu'.;! of Clini(!al ,;hll'C L1en 1'Ioddng in tho hold and in the Research) MiiidJ.esex H05p:5.tal, barges llcenoii to to the efYeot ;;~'otc~'t theIr: from the o.ShOSt03 dust. ieUJ;' 0. mar;k in order t.o Provi!:lion of vacuum suction to r'omcvo any ;pillacr; durinG ullloatlinG was uleo r0COr:JDlendod. ~hc In3])octorate do \'.ith theso recommendations.. Soph p;'ec3.utiol1s are p'L'obably necessary not disaGree COl1ditio:-is i!hich v/ere found 011 the ship in quc[.;-Cloc'l as asbestos was ill the beine; unloadod in UllS89..1od hessian 8ack~lv 1'n10n other. forma of par.kaging are. unea., the inspGctorEd;e l s vio,r, based on the ipvestigationfl described '081017, is thaJ(; me.Dkn ar.e 1.4'1necessary. ~.'he dockorn the:nselve: by caroi'ul unlonding of the cargo. OWl do much to maintai;rl satisfuoto2.""'J conditions The cL:mr,er of developing asbestosis has been appreciated for meny years. liJboato.'3 textiJ.o in9,ustry ho.s been ~ubj(lct to controllinG HeGulations since The :.:"bElsto)::.is also ai'fecto other v/orker$ using asbostos or l:laiorials 19,31. containins lcbost05 p and mea.sures to contro}. moro ndoquutoly the use of such materials a.re :'urrently heing considered by tile ;QWevcl'~ of 'no case of asc)elltosi8 Factory Inspeotorate. The attributable to emplcyment Inspectorate in the docks lrnows, .:.~best{)3. Similarly, no cases in such workers have been dingn.osea by the urJ.oac1ing 'neu:nr,coniosiil 1.fcdicll.l Panels. U(\Dt dockers arc only inter-"nittently or occasionally e)..-posed to asbestos, but ;0 l.l dotcI'm:i.no whether asb.::;tosia likely conditions dut"in~ tJ.:11oadine were such as to make the c':.evelop:neu1; or possible, given sufficient length of exposure, a series of nvoctiCD.t:i.oDs into th~ amount of air-,borne a.sbestos has now been undel"tal.;:sn by the .1'.:micI.'1 Inopoctors of the Inspectorate. 'lnt portion of' asbestos duct which is of It should be understood that the a size capa.ble of penetrating to signifi- J. tllluto structures of the lung may not corre~pond to the n.nount visible be to the .:udde<l eye. The outcome of these tests is to indica.te that the a,;";Jount 01' air-borne dust of 5 'espirable size has been below the published upper limit of safety wnel"e hessian reeks with an impervious lining or laminated pa11er bags or other impervious ',!on in use and it has also been below the limit when unlined nessian sacks b<?gs have .. d e. slow rate of /orking has been in operation. nere used The limit has been exceeded where ;llined hessian sacks Viere used and the rate of working \las normal. The :.r>pectorate's x~crienced by opinion is that with doCkers, the risk of the nonnal interoittollt exposure likely a doCker developing clinically recognis to be 5beetonia is sliGht, provided impervious sacks are used. able As ttey are unlikely to 3velop ~at of asbestOSiS, then the population" they are no more liable to develop a lung cancer than the /Discussions ! ..... ! ... J ~ ., +,' ' ".' '. , 'f . .', ,.~.~: I'/~ . F '.' .... :~ asbestos on the elir.lisnoe.ntioan..ltoefr:no.tiva the imp.toartper0sf,soifbility of pallottin13 a n ~:-,:;...:)l;l..1S co[J.t:i:."iCanpJs.a~ocpkossodanwd. itthhe ultim chod to a :care for:n . ,;; s'/i.nd.ling. ere ha.s been much pu0blciocmitmyonee.trtain thoser'yexPpiJonseeldsteot -: l:if) lfist yearesoorthte,)l7i0omtha.. This appears to de:;.' ur(;ent b :I.-cnow byiasn cLeor.tvaiisnoly no greatel." ".~m' _ i:nown 8.S m :the problem in nant pperoetsoernot fuDl?. ::,.oi;oriubs.estoT3h,e. risk , : . :" S e n i o r ~M1 edo:til.1cao1:c. I nOj,'kera expo30d to aa n given corios of thin ""':'t.l"S than ntzia) his cloputy, have ntents~ bee ;:'1". Huntor undinDr.geKnac~!;'2a,l, with the co with an interont in' the' '~', 1:!1(1 nc;ree$ terms to the other parties I ":;1 writing in similar A. Brazior. (Asbestos) Limited, f A. fJc'Loc Limitods 1DJ1r&". MR... JC.a. ::B;o,raozifeCro,.poe hsb .porters; been rop:c;)(;onting the a.sbcsto~ im ted Stevedores 8: Dockers Union, , ;,avn B@0ch, of the Nc.tiomu Amalgama Mr'. J 0d the matter with Dr. Huntor, and Shipowner~ G-roup.<Toil).t Co:runit.teo. ~, ~~.I>t ra.ise 3cnnett, Secret~ry ot the Ocean , . Mr. Do L. 1 " ~ " .".. ',\ , -- ~ " \0" .... -"- . ~. , ,.,# ' ' " ~. '~.' > ,I :". ~ .' , , . . ( I f I f r t \ f , ~ ( 3 ~t(. , f !