[TheForge] Fw: Exposures

[David E. Smucker]

Well I see I can't type today.  My manufacturer might have been interested 
in a hoppy hobby too -- beer brewing.
Dave

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From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:40 PM
To: "TheForge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [TheForge] Exposures

> 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
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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