My Brother's Story
My brother Neville was born in New Zealand. He now lives in Melbourne, This photo was taken at my 21st in 1964 |
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My brother has now been diagnosed with asbestosis. He was a builder by trade and moved round quite a bit While working in this trade he demolished, handled, shaped and fixed materials that contained asbestos. He worked on the building
of new housing estates where they used fibro flat sheets for walls,
floors, eaves and roofs.
Along with other workers who were all in close proximity of each other, he used power saws to cut the asbestos cement sheeting. He also worked in construction sites of pre-schools where the outside cladding and bathrooms were constructed with asbestos cement fibro sheeting. Constructed and renovated residential houses and hotels in different areas. Not one of these places of work was he warned of the danger of asbestos or given protective clothing, equipment, face masks or breathing equipment.
The asbestos materials never had warnings on them about the dangers
of inhalation of asbestos dust and fibres.
"HE NOW HAS"
Asbestosis Shortness of breath Fatigue Restricted Mobility Impaired lung function Pain, shock and anxiety.
Remember This.
He is on oxygen so if he wants to travel anywhere, he has to take the
supply of it into consideration.
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This photo was taken in Masterton, NZ. 2009 |
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