Who is likely to suffer from asbestos disease?
Shipyard workers, including many engineering and construction trades
Railway workshop workers, especially those who have worked on insulation of
carriages.
Manufacturing Most asbestos production ceased in the 1970s, but prior to that, asbestos
products were manufactured for the home, industry and construction in huge
quantities. Cape plc and Turner and Newall were two of the largest manufacturers
of asbestos products.
Asbestos laggers and sprayers applied asbestos, e.g. to boilers, pipes, steel work etc, in buildings, ships,
railway carriages and countless other locations.
Construction plumbers, joiners, bricklayers, roofers, painters and labourers will have worked
with asbestos products often without realising it. Also site engineers and
surveyors.
Engineering workers including pipe & maintenance fitters, engineering trades using asbestos
products.
Dockers and Transport workers unloading and conveying asbestos.
Other workers who have worked nearby when asbestos was used or disturbed
Non workers may also be affected by asbestos. People living near to asbestos factories and
families of asbestos workers who bring dust home on their overalls.
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