Mesothelioma Lawyers & Asbestos Lawyers

Silicosis can develop as soon as one year after exposure, but usually the disease is diagnosed approximately 10-15 years later. We can guide you through every step of your silicosis lung disease claim.

Murdoch Clarke Lawyers are Workers Compensation Lawyers in Hobart, TAS. They specialise in Motor Vehicle Injury, Personal Injury & Workers’ Compensation.

Asbestos exposure in the workplace Building sites and renovations are typical sites for asbestos exposure Exposure to asbestos can occur in any number of situations in which you are at work. The classic examples of course have occurred where people are working direct in the asbestos industry, in asbestos mines, or in the downstream processing of asbestos into building materials, such as the notorious James Hardie case. But equally there are any number of circumstances under which anyone who is in the workforce may be exposed to asbestos. Most commonly are building sites, where health and safety precautions have been neglected and workers come into contact with asbestos fibres released as a result of renovations or building demolitions. While exposure to asbestos fibres is more likely to put at risk people working directly with the material, there are circumstances under which people who are working nearby, perhaps in an office in which the windows are open, are also exposed to dust particles carried in the air. There is no safe limit of exposure to asbestos because just a single fibre of this deadly material has the capacity to cause acute diseases. We are one of Australia’s leading asbestos compensation law […]