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Asbestos blamed for deaths of three men

INQUESTS have heard how the devastating asbestos timebomb has claimed another three lives.

Two former York Carriageworks employees, Edward Horsman and Harold Abbott, both contracted the asbestos-related disease mesothelioma after being repeatedly exposed to the deadly dust at the factory.

Derek Longley, who died of the same disease, was thought to have breathed in the dust during his work as a plumber.

The York inquests were told that Mr Horsman, of Langholme Drive, off Boroughbridge Road, who died aged 78, started work as an apprentice at the works in Holgate Road in 1947, and worked there for almost four decades.

September 20, 2011 10:42 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Widow awarded £160,000 after asbestos death

An East Sussex woman whose husband died from exposure to asbestos has won substantial damages from a Twickenham building firm.

The widow from Battle has been awarded £160,000 in compensation following her husband’s death from mesothelioma.

Brenda Clark’s husband was exposed to asbestos when he was working as a ceiling fixer for the Anderson Construction Company.

James Clark fitted asbestos tiles at Victoria underground station, Standard Telephone Cables Company and at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage.

His work involved drilling holes into asbestos tiles.

September 16, 2011 8:25 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Cumbrian Plumber Wrote Account Of Exposure To ‘Killer’ Asbestos Dust

A Carlisle plumber wrote a disturbing account of how, during his early working life, he was routinely exposed to the asbestos dust which ultimately caused his death.

David Irwin was just 60 when he died in July after contracting the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. He is the latest in a growing number of Cumbrians who have died because they were exposed to the deadly material.

Recalling his work on a council estate in Woodhouse, Whitehaven, he wrote: “We were on site for three to four weeks, repairing and replacing [asbestos] gutters and downspouts.

“We used a handsaw to cut down damaged or broken gutters and replaced them.

“I could not escape the dust. There was dust on my hands as we handled them and when we collected broken pieces and swept up.”

September 9, 2011 11:11 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Deadly material was present at Hutton and Tong schools, inquest is told

The widow of a teacher who died after working in asbestos-contaminated Bradford schools for more than 20 years is to lobby the Government to save other families suffering the same fate.

Marilyn Butterfield said it was a shock when her husband Graham was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma and losing him to the disease was devastating.

Mr Butterfield, 64, of Kenstone Crescent, Idle, had been fit and healthy until the summer of 2009 when he got a troublesome cough and he went on to experience breathlessness, sweating and weight loss which resulted in extensive investigations revealing the asbestos-linked cancer.

He died in January this year at the city’s Marie Curie Hospice.

At an inquest in Bradford yesterday, Acting Bradford Coroner Professor Paul Marks recorded a verdict that Mr Butterfield had died of an industrial disease contracted while he worked at various schools in Bradford.

September 7, 2011 8:15 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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School asbestos caused death of retired builder

REMOVING asbestos from school buildings in Cheltenham during the 1970s resulted in the death of a retired builder, a coroner has ruled.

Grandfather-of-four John Partridge, 74, died on December 30 last year.

A post-mortem showed he died from pneumonia resulting from fibrosis, which was caused by asbestos exposure, and his heavy smoking in the past.

Tests showed he had 33,454 asbestos fibres in each gram of his dry lung tissue. A report into his death showed that during his career Mr Partridge, of Griffiths Avenue in Cheltenham, had worked for the local council and his duties included drilling into asbestos sheeting.

His daughter Gina Partridge told the inquest that he had mentioned to her that he came into contact with asbestos at work.

August 30, 2011 8:56 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Inquests warning on asbestos dangers

MORE must be done to highlight the devastating effect of asbestos, said a Yorkshire industrial illness expert after it was revealed as the cause of death at four inquests in one day.

York Coroner Donald Coverdale confirmed at the city coroner’s court that all four people died from malignant mesothelioma – an incurable lung cancer which develops after exposure to asbestos.

Ian Toft, a solicitor in the industrial illness team at Irwin Mitchell, said that the nature of each victim’s exposure to asbestos underlined its widespread dangers.

Connie Spence, from Acomb, York, who died aged 80 in October 2010, believed she developed mesothelioma as a result of secondary exposure to asbestos while working in a shop immediately opposite the York Carriage Works, at Holgate Park, which had a history of exposing its employees to asbestos. Men from the factory, which closed after 150 years in 1995, used to regularly enter the shop covered in dirt and dust.

August 26, 2011 8:45 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Asbestos exposure resulted in death of navy engineer

A FORMER engineer from Cullompton who served with the Royal Navy for more than two decades died of an industrial-related illness last year, an inquest heard.

Asbestos exposure during the sixties and seventies caused John Robertson, 61, to develop a terminal lung condition which claimed his life on September 5, 2010.

Mr Robertson, who served with the Navy from 1965 until 1991, died from malignant mesothelioma at his Wheatfield Close home following diagnosis the previous year.

Coroner Dr Elizabeth Earland “expressed her sympathies” to Mr Robertson’s emotional family after delivering the verdict at County Hall, Exeter, last week.

Dr Earland said: “He worked as an engineer for the Royal Navy and was exposed to clouds of asbestos dust from the late sixties to the early seventies, while dismantling pipes, pumps and machinery.”

The coroner told family members the inquest was a “fact-finding inquiry” held to confirm the circumstances surrounding Mr Robertson’s death and added: “In a case like this, it may go back many, many years and in order to define the scope it is often necessary to have a post-mortem, which was done in Mr Robertson’s case.”

August 16, 2011 8:50 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Bradford inquests highlight asbestos legacy

The deadly legacy of Bradford’s industrial past was highlighted yesterday at the inquests of three men who died of asbestos-related diseases.

Eric Waite, of Little Horton, Jack Lobley, of Idle, and Sandor Kovacs, of Frizinghall, are among hundreds of people who have lost their lives in the past year.

And campaigners say there will be many more former employees in Bradford district facing the “death sentence” of mesothelioma – the incurable killer disease caused by exposure to asbestos – and related conditions.

Carol Deurden, chairman of Bradford Asbestos Victim Support Group, said: “We are getting more and more inquiries about mesothelioma. The national figure is rising every year and is expected to keep on rising.”

Mr Waite, an 80-year-old widower contracted an industrial disease while working as a plumber, the inquest in Bradford heard yesterday.

He had often had to remove asbestos lagging from pipes at Bowling Mills and had worked at other businesses including Bulmer and Lumb inWibsey, a chemical factory in Low Moor and Brown, Muff’s department store.

August 5, 2011 8:45 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Family receives compensation over asbestos death

THE family of a South Wales electrician who died from cancer caused by exposure to asbestos at a power station has been awarded “substantial compensation” following a lengthy legal battle.

John Vaughan, from Llantwit Major, was 71 when he died from mesothelioma – a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by exposure to asbestos.

Father-of-three Mr Vaughan, who had six grandchildren, was exposed to asbestos while working at Aberthaw Power Station, which at the time he worked there was run by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB).

Mr Vaughan had worked at Aberthaw Power Station for 32 years when he retired in 1992. He was exposed to the dust as he worked alongside laggers who were handling asbestos insulating materials.

His family said that following his retirement he led an “active life”, enjoying walking, golf and family holidays. But in November, 2007 he became short of breath.

He was diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 2008 and told he had just six months to live.

Mr Vaughan pursued a claim for compensation, but died before it was finalised.

July 18, 2011 8:48 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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St Albans man exposed to asbestos during working life, inquest hears

A MAN exposed to asbestos for 25 years of his working life suddenly died at his home, an inquest heard today.

Geoffrey Culverhouse, of Robert Avenue, St Albans, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma earlier this year, died aged 80, on June 6.

Coroner for Hertfordshire Edward Thomas explained how Mr Culverhouse was exposed to the deadly dust while working as a manual engineer between 1946 and 1971.

The cancer was picked up by doctors at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, in February this year, after which Mr Culverhouse was cared for by Macmillan nurses.

Mr Thomas recorded a cause of death of industrial disease.

Source: St Albans Review

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July 15, 2011 9:59 am - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Kidderminster man died after asbestos exposure

AN elderly Kidderminster man died after being exposed to asbestos during his working life.

John Roblett, of Bruce Road, became unwell and was admitted to hospital where his condition deteriorated and he died on April 7 – two days after his 84th birthday.

A verdict of industrial disease was recorded at an inquest into his death.

Source: Halesowen News

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June 2, 2011 1:59 pm - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Liversedge man Eric Rothery died after being exposed to asbestos

A PENSIONER exposed to asbestos died because of it.

But Eric Rothery, 81, was not aware that he had been exposed to asbestos during his working life.

Mr Rothery, of Elm Tree Close, Liversedge, was a driver and fork-lift truck driver for the former BBA factory, based at Cleckheaton.

An inquest into his death at Bradford Coroner’s Court yesterday heard that he had come into contact with the material.

In a statement read out in court, his wife Jean Rothery said that he had a CT scan in November, 2010, which found asbestos scarring.

She said: “He never knew how he had been exposed to asbestos.”

Mr Rothery had acute airways disease and pneumonia and was being treated at Dewsbury and District Hospital. He had heart failure and heart disease, which were listed as the cause of his death.

Coroner Roger Whittaker said: “I am satisfied that as a driver required to collect from the former BBA factory and working as a fork-lift truck driver that he was exposed to asbestos in the work place.”

He recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease.

Source: The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

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June 1, 2011 12:47 pm - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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Asbestos exposure lead to OAP’s death

THE widow of a pensioner who died from an aggressive cancer is continuing her fight for justice after an inquest confirmed he had died after being exposed to asbestos at work.

William Victor Panes, 78, a former heating and plumbing engineer from Tedburn St Mary, was diagnosed last June with mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer of the chest lining. He died just four months later.

Coroner for Exeter and Greater Devon, Dr Elizabeth Earland returned a verdict of industrial disease, and said: “Mr Panes had frequent asbestos exposure throughout his working life and on the balance of probability, mesothelioma was contracted by this exposure.”

May 31, 2011 3:36 pm - Posted by Asbestos News  | Comments ( 0 )
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