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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1951 & 1957 DOC CSR142 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memos with Inspection Results & Regulations for Dust Allowance & the Wearing of Respirators FHD.618 FHD.618 Your 818/51 _BF1351 _BF1351 65 LH 17th September 1951 THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MINES for your memorandum of the 31st must thank you of a report of the t in which you enclosed a copy concerning the Australian Assistant Ventilation Ventilation Inspector Blue Asbestos Mine at Wittenoom Gorge It would be appreciated if youtecmopuelrdatluerte mreeahdaivnegs a copy of the dust counts and the Fuichney's report 1 of Inspector mentioned in paragriph supervision this report it is noted that the amount Un reading is high and that the of dust particles in the area ventilution of this mine needs more tests It is to be noted that the area in the vicinity of the treatment plant is still very dusty of this Department is to be understood The interest from anbestos is when it is realised that hazard and that creater than that from silica considerably that attention to this aspect we have reason to believe has been inadequate in of mining operations at ittenoom t past LINLEY HENZELL CC OMO MISM SIOM N RI OFS P PUS U BLIB I C L HO E IAN C T PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 10317.0 10317.0 me _s _ Copy forwarded Mr.C.N.Broadhurst Mr.C.N.Broadhurst for his information M6.690 M6.690 REPLY QQUOUTE OTE GM.1G9M.B193B3 Produced in the matter of * Asbestos Personal Injury Cases Abrams Lead & copied to Richard F. Scruggs The Secretary * The Western Australian Employers Federation PERTH WA 14th February 1957 Dear Sir Dist Allowance We enclose statistical and other information in triplicate which may be of use to you Schedule No.1 includes all employees except Staff Commencing date of 1.3.50 was chosen as at that time we commenced the introduction of migrant babour and our attempt to stabilize our labour force Schedule No.2 Please note that Men Engaged and Men Left figures also include interdepartmental transfers Schedule No. These figures include supervising staff as well as their degree of expose is equal to that of the mill workers The last Mines Dept. Ray was held here during August All these men have clean laboratory certificates Schedule No.6 is an indication of the rate of issue issue of respirators to millworkers No man compelled to wear The issue is free and is made on demand without incidence probaily diseases When you compare Schedules 1,2,3,4 and 5 you reach our conclusion in that of the is low that the diseases were not directly 111 ches attributable to their employment here as they had previous \\ asbestosis mining experience and that to date there is no . evidence of . i GM If we can be of further assistance please advise Yours ASBESTOS faithfully LIMITED oa, Lv PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 10,133 10,133