A worker from Perth Children’s Hospital said he was showered in plumes of potentially deadly asbestos dust that was so thick he could not see his hand. The worker, who wants to be known only as Matt, said that he breathed in the dust on Monday night as he stood half a metre from where a panel containing asbestos was drilled.
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CFMEU secretary Mick Buchan outside the new Perth Children’s Hospital, under construction. The union claims asbestos has been found in construction materials.
Stanley Trevor Deakin, aged 82, of Brambles Residential Home on Birchfield Road, was exposed to asbestos during his working life and developed mesothelioma. An inquest held by Worcestershire Coroner’s Service opened on Monday, April 25 and closed on Tuesday, July 12, ruled Mr Godfrey died as the result of an industrial disease.
Over the last several months a number of schools across Texas have suffered water damage due to a series of torrential downpours that have blanketed the state. A junior high school in Palestine made this list and suffered at least $100,000 in water dam…
Over the last several months a number of schools across Texas have suffered water damage due to a series of torrential downpours that have blanketed the state. A junior high school in Palestine made this list and suffered at least $100,000 in water dam…
In the past 40 years more than 10,000 people in Australia have died from mesothelioma and that number is expected to double in the next 40 years. The rare incurable cancer is caused by exposure to asbestos fibres.
WorkSafeBC recently announced a 2016 Asbestos Enforcement Initiative. Prevention officers will be conducting a province-wide program of worksite inspections until Dec. 31, 2016 to ensure homeowners, contractors and consultants are properly informed and…
WorkSafeBC recently announced a 2016 Asbestos Enforcement Initiative. Prevention officers will be conducting a province-wide program of worksite inspections until Dec. 31, 2016 to ensure homeowners, contractors and consultants are properly informed and…
WorkSafeBC recently announced a 2016 Asbestos Enforcement Initiative. Prevention officers will be conducting a province-wide program of worksite inspections until Dec. 31, 2016 to ensure homeowners, contractors and consultants are properly informed and…
A FORMER carpenter who died of asbestos-related cancer said before his death he was appalled at the lack of protection given to him and his colleagues. He had been exposed to the poisonous substance for nearly 40 years while working for Hinkins and Fre…
He worked for 44 years with Ellison Circlips Limited, spending time at the firm’s Keighley, Harden and Bingley sites. Mr Greenwood claims that during his working life with the company – which was also known as Ellison Holdings PLC, Transtechnology Ltd and, currently, Cirteq – he was exposed to asbestos dust and fibres.
Indigenous West Australians have the highest death rate for malignant mesothelioma in the world, a study into asbestos-related diseases has found. The condition affects the membrane lining of the lungs and abdomen and can take a number of years to deve…
Indigenous West Australians have the highest death rate for malignant mesothelioma in the world, a study into asbestos-related diseases has found. The condition affects the membrane lining of the lungs and abdomen and can take a number of years to deve…
Indigenous West Australians have the highest death rate for malignant mesothelioma in the world, a study into asbestos-related diseases has found. The condition affects the membrane lining of the lungs and abdomen and can take a number of years to deve…