Engineer's death due to asbestos
Published Date:
29 August 2008
By Kirsten Beacock
A PENSIONER died more than 30 years after first being exposed to deadly asbestos fibres.
An inquest into the death of Malcolm Whitney (60) heard that it wasn’t uncommon to find people succumbing to industrial disease long after first coming into contact with the material.
The inquest at Peterborough Town Hall heard how Mr Whitney, of Rosewood Close, Yaxley, near Peterborough, had been a mechanical engineer for British Sugar in Brigg, near Scunthorpe, in a plant described as being “riddled with asbestos”, from 1969 until the mid ’70s.
His job at the time had led him to be exposed to asbestos at a time when the hazard should have been known about.
Years later, he was diagnosed with a virulent cancer of the lung lining and strongly linked to asbestos exposure and died on June 29, at Peterborough District Hospital.
Coroner Gordon Ryall recording a verdict of industrial disease.
The full article contains 155 words and appears in Peterborough ET newspaper.
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Last Updated:
28 August 2008 6:12 PM
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Source:
Peterborough ET
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Location:
Peterborough
