Deaths of B.C. construction workers jumped 40 per cent last year, an increase fuelled by the number of workers who have died after being exposed to asbestos while on their jobs decades ago.
Al Johnson, WorkSafeBC’s prevention service vice-president, said the situation may be worse than originally thought. He said actuarial tables estimated asbestos-related fatalities would peak between 2015 and 2020, but instead, WorkSafe is now expecting the high number of deaths to go on longer.
IAN BAILEY – Globe and Mail – January 07, 2016.
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good old Quebec asbestos , it’s from Quebec so it must be green right ?