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FILE NAME: Asbestos Cement Pipe and Sheet (ACPS) DATE: 1948 May 21 DOC#: ACPS060 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter Re Worker's Comp Our R e f: rn/BW L.O . Laws, Ea-i, North B ritis h P la s tic s L td ., 131oydon-on-Tyne 2 1 st Hay, 194Q. Dear S ir, A sboatosla Your l a t t e r d ated th e 1 4 th Hay a id re ss o d t o H r. Skeggs hua been passed to th e w rite r fo r a tte n tio n . . I n t h e f i r s t p lo o a , we w ould p o in t o u t t h a t th e A sb esto s i s R eg u latio n s o f 19J1 a p p ly (among o th e r o c o u p a tlo n s) to a l l v/orkers in "saw ing, g rin d in g and tu rn in g In th e dry s ta te o f a rtio le s ooapooed w holly o r p a r tly o f asb esto s in th e m anufacture o f such a r t i o l e s ." This o e rta in ly in d ic a te s th a t the processes refo rro d to in th o a e o o n i p a ra g ra p h o f y o u r l e t t e r would come w ith in th e soope of th e A sb estosis R eg u latio n s, i f they a re c a rrie d o u t in a lry s ta te ; there i s , o f course, th is q u a lific a tio n , l .e . th a t if suoh employment i s o o o a sio n a l o n ly and n o t f o r more th an 0 hours in any week th e n th e Aot d oes n o t a p p ly . I t m ight be w orthw hile m entioning m t th is p o in t th a t as regards asb esto s F ix ers th e re is no danger a ris in g from the d u st in th e o u ttin g of the m a te ria l in the open; i f , however, tho s h e e ts a r e n o t o u t i n th e opon th e re i s some s l i g h t r i s k from asbestos dust and, fo r th is reason, our standard in stru c tio n s to a l l our F ix ers s t a t e th a t i f a sb e sto s sh e e ts a re -out in an enolosed space th ey must f i r s t be damped. , ,f . T u rn in g now to th e q u e s tio n r a is e d by y o u r In o uranoo Company - a s r e f e r r e d t o i n th e p e n u ltim a te p a ra g ra p h o f y o u r l o t t o r we s h o u ld make i t o l e u r t h a t w here t h e R e g u la tio n s r e f e r t o woven products they are n o t re fe rrin g to ashestos-oem ont produota; oontlnuod . . . \ furtherm ore, our understanding o f the p o sitio n is th a t i t is only a r t i c l e s whioh are im pregnated w ith bitum en w hich are outside the ooope o f the R eg u latio n s. On th e q u e s tio n o f I n s u r a n c e , we h a v e o f c o u r s e had c o n sid e ra b le e x p erien c e in th is d ir e c tio n , b u t w hereas Our o rd in a ry workm en's Com pensation r is k i s covered by an o u ts id e In su ra n ce Company, o u r n s b e s to s is r i 3k has alw ays been c a rrio d by our P a ro n t Company, T u rn er & Mewall L td . I t m irh t be o f a s s i s t a n c e t o m e n tio n t h a t we r e c e n t l y had o c o a s io n to g e t I n touch w ith one o r two In su ra n ce Company on th is s u b je o t fo r the purpose of a s s is tin g an o th er oustom er, and one of th ese Insurance Companies a d v ise d us th a t th e y had r e c e n tly quoted 7 .1 0 .0 1 . por o ont f o r t h i s r i s k . The o th e r Companies s a id th o y co u ld n o t g iv e a q u o ta tio n w ith o u t f i r s t in s p o o tin g th e p ro m is e s , a s s o much depends upon th e ty p e o f work being o a rrio d o u t and th e f a c i l i t i e s provided f o r d u s t e x t r a c t i o n , e t c . Thoy d id , how ever, a d v ise us t h a t th e y had r o o e n tly quoted 7 .1 0 .Od. p o r c e n t f o r S i l i c o s i s . We g i v e yo u th e fo r e g o in g in f o r m a tio n a s i n th e e v e n t o f y o u r d e c id in g t h a t you s h o u ld In s u r e a g a i n s t A3 b e s t o s i 3 th e n you w i l l have some id e a a s t o th e premium whioh w i l l bo p a y a b le . The c u sto m e rs w e " r e f e r r e d t o above had boon q u o te d a f i g u r e o f 6 . 0 .O d. por c e n t w h ich , in th e l i g h t o f th e e n q u ir ie s made from our In su ra n c o Companies d id n o t seem e x c e s s iv e , a lth o u g h we a p p r e c i a t e t h a t i t i s p ro b ab ly many tim es h ig h e r th an th e r a te whioh you a re paying f o r o r d in a r y c o m p e n sa tio n c o v e r . No d o u b t i t would bo a d v a n ta g e o u s so f a r a s you a r e c o n c e rn e d to l e t th e same Company c o v e r th e iis b e s to s is r i s k , a s w e ll a s th e o rd in a r y Workmen's C om pensation. fto g a t h e r fro m y o u r l e t t o r t h a t you h a v e ta k e n a l l p o s s ib le p r e c a u tio n s t o re d u c e to a minimum t h e r i s k to th e employees concerned and th e se p re c au tio n s were a p p a re n tly q u ite s a t i s f a c t o r y t o K .1I . I n s p e c t o r o f F a c t o r i e s . Mo d o u b t th e I n s u r a n c e Company i s a w are o f t h i s , and we presum e t h a t th e y th e m s e lv e s have surveyed th e p re m is e s . I f th e s e two assu m p tio n s o re c o r r e c t and 70 U do d o c ile t h a t you should co v er a g a in s t t h i s r i s k , th e n tho q u e s tio n of the r a te w i l l be one f o r n e g o tia tio n , and you w ill have to rev iew i t from y e a r to y e a r i n an endeavour to g e t i t as low a s p o s s ib le in th e lig h t o f your oleim a ex p erien ce. Wo hope th e fo re g o in g w i l l e n a b le you to s e t t l e t h i s q u e stio n , b u t i f th e re i s an y th in g whioh i s n o t d e a r o r i f th ere i s a n y 'o t h o r a s p e c t- o n w h ich you f e e l we m ig h t be a b le to a s s i s t , p lease do n o t h e s ita te to adviso u s. Yours f a i t h f u l l y , For Turns Asb&etc/C^rnont Co. Ltd. ^Ia n i o e h *RFCOr.A 0 Ff'CF \ \