Case Studies

Over the last 25 years Turner Freeman has acted for persons exposed to asbestos at work including asbestos manufacturing workers, laggers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, shipbuilders, roofers, fitters, boilermakers, riggers, railway workers, waterside workers, navy personnel, pipe layers, mechanics and power station workers as well as those exposed to asbestos as a result of home renovations and washing clothes.

Turner Freeman has acted for people in all states in Australia, whose exposure to asbestos occurred in a wide variety of different ways. Many of our clients have been told that they have an asbestos disease but are unable to recall where they may have been exposed to asbestos - our lawyers are expert at taking personal and industrial histories and identifying possible asbestos exposure. Follow the links below for examples of real life case studies relating to a wide variety of different exposures.

  • Tradesman & labourers

    Case studies relating to carpenters, plumbers, electricians, roofers, boilermakers, fitters and others.

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  • Household & bystander exposure

    Turner Freeman has increasingly acted for those exposed in non-occupational settings such as wifes washing clothes, children playing near renovation work, those living near an asbestos factory and home renovators

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  • Asbestos industry workers

    James Hardie & Coy Pty Limited had two factories in Adelaide; one at Largs Bay, which made asbestos fibro sheets, and one at Elizabeth West, which made asbestos cement pipes. Bells Asbestos had a factory at Port Road, Alberton that manufactured and sold asbestos insulation products. Bradford Insulation had a factory at Rosewater that also manufactured some asbestos insulation products. These factories employed hundreds of workers who were exposed to asbestos.

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  • Heavy industry

    Many workers in heavy industry were exposed to asbestos dust and fibre on a daily basis. Workers in refineries, power stations (particularity during their construction), shipyards, steelworks and in assembly and maintenance of locomotives were often at risk.

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  • Other workers

    Asbestos was used in an incredible variety of ways and workers in a variety of industries were exposed to sufficient quantities to cause disease. From jewellery makers to vineyard employees; brake mechanics to brewery workers.

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  • Silicosis and other dust conditions

    Many jackpick and jackhammer operators were heavily exposed to silica dust while excavating through sandstone for foundations. Others working in foundries and mills were also exposed to high levels of silica dust and have developed silicosis and progressive massive fibrosis.

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