Woodsreef Asbestos Mine 12/2005

[dosh228]

Been there, shame the Govt didnt let that Canadian company come in & clear the remiender of the shit outta there would've been great for the town of Barraba jobs wise & health wise, my bro lived out there near ironbark cottage and was told the air was safe yet men in space suits used to always show up typical Govt...

[Gavin84w]

Woodsreef was the first mine in Australia to use Cat 777 trucks, they had 14 of them and 5 992B wheel loaders and later a 992C. I went there with my dad as he sold them there tyres for the mining fleet. 777 was a huge truck for a 9 year old to see up close.

[LAisafriendlytown]

i just drove around the mine... am i going to die :/

[jq747]

I say, everyone please take a chill pill. If you's keep it up, I'll be forced to ask nicely again.

[Lickittysplitt]

@jq747 I worked there with your father, what's he doing these days? Also went back and had a look around 2 years back. Barraba is so different now how's your sister going? seems like a lifetime since I left there and you were probably about 8 or 10. Assuming I've got you innitials right and your father would be RQ

[jasonmann42]

Lets get some facts right!

For starters, 1 fibre does not kill. The Australian national exposure limit for asbestiform material is 0.1 fibre per cm3 of air over a 8-hour working shift. Air sampling around the Woodreef mine continually satisfies this criteria.

Air sampling around a busy intersection has been found to be in excess of 1 fibre/cm3.

Chrysotile (white asbestos) has not been directly related to mesothelioma.

Get your facts right lathaldosey before you start rambling crap!

[BOXFRESH99]

Well you wont get sick like any of them other bastards , and he would of known wouldent he , He isnt a five year old child !! And if it was closed years ago , No asbestos will have been disturbed by him anyway !!

jawawjawa350 Is right aswell

[persianhunk23]

so your dad worked in this place for 10 years?and he didnt get sick??and people leaving comments and saying you gone get sick for taking this clip lol...when was your dad working in this place and how long ago??its amazing to see that asbestos dosent kill everyone...as someone told me we breath alittle bit in every day in our normal lives not to mention led...led is every where too..by the way i live in australia now in asbestos made house lolwell the fencing is lol

[desgouveia68]

Its a scientific FACT that it can take anywhere from 15 to 25 YEARS after exposure for asbestos disease to start showing symptoms.

It is certainly not a laughing matter, thousand upon thousands of people have does due to asbestos exposure.

[jq747]

Hey jus chill guy.... ^^

[jq747]

persionguy, nah my dad isn't sick thank goodness. He worked there 1974-84. I think yer right, it's like smoking... some people can smoke like a chimney for 50 years and not have a worry, and others can die of lung cancer with ever putting a cigarette in their mouth. Luck of the draw.

[sefox]

the tox is with in the dose

[jawajawa350]

I would like to point out that although every type of asbestos can cause asbestosis, or mesothelioma,and any exposure is a potential risk, I very much doubt shooting this video would be enough to cause serious concern.Even today, almost any 1 litre air sample from any city contains about 16-32 ppm of asbestos...so we all breath it, but we don't all die from it.

[lethaldosey]

no one has to do it that's such a nearsighted approach AGONIZING DEATH is gonna be your paycheck...

[lethaldosey]

dude you got courage but you probably also breathed in about 500,000 to 5,000,000 asbestos fibres shooting that video...dead man walking...where the f@#$% is that place???

[dream137]

infomesothelioma dot us discussed details about this deadly disease and how you can fight and protect yourselves.

[pbrage1]

I know someone who died from mesothelioma - it was distressing to see the way he died, he was suffocating the last month and couldnt talk for lack of breath.

Scientists now know that to get asbestosis, you must be exposed to asbestos for a long time. But to develop lung cancer, or worse, mesothelioma, even a short exposure can be enough. I wouldn't trust any form of asbestos after what I saw.

[jq747]

Thx for your comments ;)

Interestingly, my dad, who worked 10 years at the place, led a one-man crusade over the dangers of asbestos. (He's still alive today thankfully :)

[lethaldosey]

that's truly a miracle//

[iseehaters]

wow i posted this five monthis ago lol. i remove asbestos but we use all the proper gear, respirators suites the works.... dont worrie lol

[lethaldosey]

you won't be laughing you f@#$ing idiot you're now like a stone in a creek...hope you know that 1 fiber can cause mesothelioma and you probably inhale about 1,000,000 to 100,000,000,000 a day learn to read...

[trucksoner]

interesting, but be carefull, those fibers are really carcinogenic.

[iseehaters]

hmm might not want to breath in to much lol, i remove asbestos in america. shitty job but some one has to do it

[jessesalinas2007]

i really feel sorry for you...please burn all your clothes now!

asbestos can get in your clothes.

[lethaldosey]

dead man walking...