Tradesman & labourers

Turner Freeman has acted for a wide variety of tradesmen and labourers including carpenters, roofers, boilermakers, fitters, electricians and plumbers.  Click on the links below to read case studies on particular trades.

  • Carpenters

    Turner Freeman has acted for hundreds of carpenters who have handled, cut, drilled, rasped and worked with asbestos cement fibro building materials while building, renovating and demolishing houses and other buildings.

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  • Roofers

    Asbestos corrugated fibro, Deep Six or Super Six sheets were used as roofing on many homes and factories in South Australia.

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  • Boilermakers and Fitters

    Up until the 1980's boilermakers and fitters working in power stations, on board ships, in refineries, manufacturing plants and heavy industry were heavily exposed to asbestos. Boilermakers and fitters handled, removed, worked with and worked nearby to others working with asbestos insulation that was used as lagging on steam pipes, boilers, turbines and other heated vessels.

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  • Electricans

    Many electricians were exposed to asbestos while working on industrial and commercial sites and on the construction and renovation of houses. Electrical switchboards were typically lined with an asbestos sheet, which had to be cut and drilled. Some electrical wiring was coated with asbestos.

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  • Plumbers

    Most plumbers who worked during the 1940's,1950's, 1960's and 1970's where they were extensively exposed to asbestos dust and fibre while working on domestic and industrial and commercial sites.

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