Asbestos investigated as the cause of worker's death

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Asbestos investigated as the cause of worker's death An investigation is being conducted into the possible links between a railway worker's death and his contact with asbestos over 50 years ago.

Brian Coleman died last year after suffering from lung cancer, but decades earlier he had been the accounts manager at a factory where asbestos was later found, reports the Star.

Denis O'Gorman, an expert on industrial disease at Irwin Mitchell, told the publication that the factory had used asbestos rope, blankets and cement.

"His employers had a duty to protect all the workers who could have been exposed to the deadly fibres," he added.

Lawyers are now looking into the possibility that his death was caused by exposure in his younger days.

Employers have a "duty to manage" asbestos according to regulation four of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006.

Companies that need to work with the substance should ensure that qualified professionals with suitable workwear conduct any labour that needs doing.
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