A 91-year-old man died from respiratory failure due to exposure to asbestos at some point in his working life, an inquest found.
Leslie Lozelle Burt, of Cooyrt Balleigh, Ramsey, died in Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital on December 23, 2012. Mr Burt had shown no symptoms until January last year, when he went to his doctor with shortness of breath.
He had worked at Parkinson’s Builders, the RAF Officers’ Mess at Jurby, at Ramsey Commissioners’ amenity site, and as caretaker at Auldyn School.
Bernard Warden, head of the Health and Safety at Work Inspectorate, said he couldn’t carry out meaningful inquiries into the death due to the length of time since his retirement, and because it pre-dated asbestos related legislation.
Coroner of inquests Jayne Hughes said industrial disease was the cause of death. She passed her condolences to his family, including his wife of 68 years.
