Everywhere I go I see asbestos. You’re not supposed to be defined by your job but I can’t help it. Just wanted to mention our museums the volunteers at theses places do awesome jobs of protecting our heritage but often they are unknowingly being exposed to...
We were recently consulted regarding ways to clean out or remediate houses that have been sprayed with asbestos in the roof and had removal works carried out. Having been involved in a lot of sprayed asbestos removal works over the years you can’t imagine how...
Just thought I would blog an update as we recently supplied the Asbestos Council of Victoria with a bunch of images of asbestos to be used in their training programs. The Asbestos Council of Victoria was previously known as GARDS ( Gippsland Asbestos Related Diseases...
Brief History of Asbestos in Australia In Australia before 1939, more white asbestos (Chrysotile) than amphibole (blue/brown) asbestos was mined. After the Wittenoom mine opened in Western Australia blue asbestos (Crocidolite) began to dominate production until this...
Following from my first book I had planned to do a series of books over a number of years aimed at the various trade groups. This plan was brought forward with Comcare ( Federal Government Department responsible for workplace safety, rehabilitation and compensation)...
