Asbestos industry workers

Asbestos industry workers are the most heavily exposed workers to asbestos.  As a result, Turner Freeman have acted for hundreds of asbestos industry workers who have contracted all manner of asbestos diseases.

  • James Hardie employees

    James Haride operated two factories in South Australia. The first started production in 1941 in Largs Bay. It produced building products such as asbestolite, Hardiflex and other asbestos cement sheets. In 1962 James Hardie opened a second factory South Australian factory in Elizabeth. The second factory manufactured asbestos pipes and fittings.

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  • Insulation workers

    Up until the 1980's asbestos was commonly used in insualtion materails used to insulate heat and steam pipes, boilers, turbines and other heated vessesls. A number of companies in South Australia including Bradford Insulation and Bells Asbestos installed asbestos insulation materials in industrial and commercial premises such as power stations, shipyards and refineries.Up until the 1980's asbestos was commonly used in insualtion materails used to insulate heat and steam pipes, boilers, turbines and other heated vessesls. A number of companies in South Australia including Bradford Insulation and Bells Asbestos installed asbestos insulation materials in industrial and commercial premises such as power stations, shipyards and refineries.

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  • Asbestos sprayers

    Spraying was often used as a method of application for asbestos when insulating steel beams and structures and bulkheads on ships. A machine was commonly used to mix asbestos with water to make a wet mixture that was sprayed through a large hose. The spray did not always stick on, with much of the spray mixture bouncing off onto the floor and into the air. Sprayers have usually been exposed to very large quantities of asbestos dust as a result.

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  • Asbestos pipe layers

    Thousands of metres of asbestos cement pipes used by the Post Masters' General Department (PMG, later Telstra), Engineering & Water Supply (E&WS) and the South Australian Gas Company (SAGASCO) were laid underground throughout South Australia. Labourers installed and repaired the asbestos cement pipes, cutting them with saws, chain cutters and grinders.

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