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FILE NAME: Insulation Contractors & Distributors (ICD) DATE: 1962 Sept 13 DOC#: ICD068 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Workman's Compensation Claims Asbestosis \ CPCDP.IATI - I/tDOSTRUL INUUTIG < / // r 7 J / September 13 1962 Ivi A# J OLx-o SU3JECTi V onoaan, n Compensation Claim s - Asb e a t o s i * Dear A ltoni In r e c e n t R o o tin g o f M ist C oast C o n in e ta ro a t Vancouver, ft se ctio n o f the m eeting ves de rotad to d iscu ssin g the in creasin g popularity of c i a t o s f o r a s b c s t o 3 * b ein g nada v i t h th e H ealth and V o lf a re id a in i* trA tiocu The J . T . Thorp Co-apary o f Loe Angeles has had tx-o rcm;t claim s and had a ho-xring b e fo r e th e H ealth and Vt i f a r e jL d x ln is ir s tio n on two fonaor craployoos. AJLtbon^i I t i s t h e ir ooapany p o lic y to fu rn ish resp irato r to the A sbestos v-orkonj, these are asid o exod. In the Spokane O ffice o f R. *1 Bart 1 1 s , th ey hare had th r e e d a lia , In Lo* Angeles, ArAstrong has had one c l a i n . N ation-ally, th e re ban been ooo claim file d in the S t a t e o f C&iin, 1 3 in C a lif o r n ia , 1 i n C o n n e ctic u t, 1 in F lo r id a , 1 In Penney1 -rami And 1 in Wov York, T h is fad fo r s i i n e ftrb cato o i* ciabas could e a s i l y load to th e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f t h i s tra d e tvs a h oard o as i, o c cu p a tio n v i t h ft subsequent in c r e a s e in S t a t a In su rance c o s t s . In eoe re a s o f th e C o u n try , th e A sbestos Worker aro now req u ired to take X-ray exarrijnatinn* and many o f the l o c a l a s b e s to s v o rk e r* unions are claim ing th a t th ey a re b ein g rated higher fo r personal in su ran ce. Since the oost o f m edicai aid and m alfare has doubled in th e l a s t f i r e y e a rs, no*t o f th e se c o n t r a c t o r a s s o c ia t io n s are i n t e r e s tod in o b ta in in g i n f a r c t i o n fror* any o f th e unuf ac to re ra th a t in e lode a sb e sto s on t h e ir experience with voricsen vho here boon using these product errar a long porlod of years. The Aetna L if e In su ra n ce Company in 19^3 ntfide a pr i r a te study fo r Crtms- Comixxg, fthovring t h a t p la n t people hod not been a ffe c te d by f i b a rg ia *. The Aa so e i a tod I n s u la tio n C o n tra cto rs o f th e Western S ta te s 1* new com p i l i n g in fo rc ^ a tio n on t h i s problem and I b o lie v * ve have an e x c e lle n t opportunity to p lace our case in the record as not being a contributing cause o f any o f th e s e typ es o f c l a i n a . I f ve c m d erelop any s t a t i s t i c s o r d a ta t h a t cou ld bo u s e fu l on t h i s s u b je c t , I v i l i be g ltd to forward th e in fo rm a tio n t o th e a tte n tio n o f Hr. Ken K cC affreo, E xecu tiro Secretary o f the A ssociated Insu lation C ontractors, fo r inclusion in his report. John P. Partington JPH /sa ( cot H r. K. F . tturm K r. P. L. Loo* Hr. F . L. Voodbrldge exh ibit e