Southampton shipbuilder dies from asbestos and smoking

Southampton shipbuilder dies from asbestos and smoking Southampton shipbuilder dies from asbestos and smoking

A SOUTHAMPTON shipbuilder died from asbestos exposure and smoking, a coroner’s court has heard.

William MacIntyre was 80 years old when he died in October last year.

A hearing in Winchester was told that Mr MacIntyre, of Hurstbourne Place, Weston, had been employed at Vosper Thornycroft in Woolston. He was also a life-long smoker, only stopping a year before his death.

“I record the cause of death as metastatic small cell carcinoma, asbestos exposure and cigarette smoking,” said deputy central Hampshire coroner, Simon Burge.

Comments(1)

Subject48 says...
4:17pm Mon 18 Mar 13

So we have banned asbestos already, but not smoking? Hmmmm.......

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