ASBESTOS UPDATE: Hazard Found in Hunter Region Construction Site
COMPANIES:
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), on Sept. 7,
2011, said that work has been halted on the coal loader expansion
site after asbestos was found in recycled building material
throughout a construction site at Newcastle in the Hunter region…
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