OSHA, in my opinion, must serve as a catalyst and a motivator in this latter relationship. I will be happy to meet or talk with you and assist you in outlining the language of this Field Directive. I am quite certain that many people are falling through our present safety net. They are either without any compensation or without an adequate compensation. This should be unacceptable to you as much as it is unacceptable to me.
Workers have a right to know.
This information will provide the best incentive for others to prevent these types of exposures from continuing to take place in the future. Since changing the Asbestos Standard would be rather cumbersome and time consuming and since OSHA is accustomed to issuing Field Directives, I think that this directive would go a long way in protecting thousands of workers from the development of unnecessary occupational diseases. It will help take some workers out of exposure risks, it will prevent some first time exposures and it will also provide an alternative for those already affected. This Field Directive would not have the enforcement power but would put everyone on notice that further avoidable exposures would not be acceptable and that the issue of proper medical diagnosis must be addressed immediately. Please give this request a very high priority and please let me know what your immediate course of action, regarding this important matter, is going to be.