ASBESTOS UPDATE: Somerset Ship Fitter’s Death Linked to Asbestos
COMPANIES:
An inquest at Flax Bourton Coroners’ Court heard that the death of
81-year-old Peter Royall, a retired ship fitter from Midsomer
Norton, Somerset, England, was related to workplace exposure to
asbestos, the Western Daily Press reports.
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