[TheForge] Exposures

[David E. Smucker]

mtfleet wrote

"Be careful should someone actually do this.  If the info you gather could 
be traced back to a
person or an address, and the insurance industry somehow gains access to the 
info, it might
affect someone's insurance status.

No, I'm not a lawyer, so take anything I say with a grain of salt!"

Tis true,  The large metal manufacture that I work for, for 32 always wanted 
to know if you were exposed to "loud noise" outside of the work place from a 
hoppy such as "wood working", "music" etc.  They never ask about 
blacksmithing but I sure it would have gone on the record if they had the 
information.  Reason, they didn't want to pay claims for hearing loss for 
the work environment if they could say the problem was what you did at home.

Dave


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From: <mtfleet at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 4:38 PM
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17

> On 22 Mar 2010 at 10:14, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>
>> Given so many of us have extensive exposures, someone ought to be
>> making
>> up a data base and tracking our health. It'd be real useful.
>> For example, I've 3 ex welder friends with Parkinson's just now.
>> My own exposures and medical history cover pages.
>>
>
> Be careful should someone actually do this.  If the info you gather could 
> be traced back to a
> person or an address, and the insurance industry somehow gains access to 
> the info, it might
> affect someone's insurance status.
>
> No, I'm not a lawyer, so take anything I say with a grain of salt!
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