Nine weeks after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, Michael Speak, 74, sadly passed away. His family has now reached out, appealing to his former colleagues for assistance in determining how he came into contact with asbestos.
Michael’s work history includes the following positions:
- Gas fitter in the Spen Valley area from 1965 to 1970.
- Employment at the British Belting and Asbestos Factory in Cleckheaton from 1970 until 1972.
Pauline, his wife, believes that a significant portion of his work during his tenure at the Gas Board involved working in residential properties, and Michael had a sense that he might have encountered asbestos on multiple occasions.
During his employment on the factory line at BBA, Michael was tasked with fitting brake pads, which potentially contained asbestos, into brake blocks. The father of two was diagnosed with Mesothelioma in April 2020 after he began to experience symptoms of breathlessness according to Telegraph & Argus.
His wife said: “When Michael first began to feel unwell, we didn’t think too much of it, as he had always been so fit, but as he lost weight we became really concerned. The mesothelioma diagnosis was such a shock. It was the last thing we expected to hear and in less than two months, he was gone. Even now, it’s so hard to accept that we’ll never see him again. The speed of it took us all by surprise and there just wasn’t enough time to do all that we wanted to do. We all miss him so much and there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think of him.”
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