Silicosis - is it the 'new asbestosis'?

Ken Parker was a model worker, smashing out 40 benchtops a day. Now he just hopes to live long enough to see his daughter turn 18. Ken, and others like him, have silicosis, acquired from inhaling dust from the cutting of engineered stone.

[@youtubeaccount5356]

My dad got diagnosed with silicosis about a week ago, he coughs a lot (so far he's bled twice from his nose from coughing so much and he has also fainted for a few seconds), he has breathing problems, and he also throws up after eating, I heard it's gonna get worse and I'm honestly not prepared for that... I just hope I can be mentally and physically strong for my dad and the rest of my family cause man I'm not gonna lie I'm scared... My dad is only 48 years old, and he doesn't deserve this, it's not fair, all he ever did was work hard to provide for his family, he never hurt no one, so I dont understand why it had to be him...

[@user-wickedflower]

Australia has banned man made stone, first country in the world

[@dsbmgrey9504]

I am OCD about never taking my mask off, but the silica dust gets through the mask. I can smell the concrete when I am working. When I take my mask off, the end of my nose is covered in silica crud.

[@isabellamaree1433]

Companies on the Sunshine Coast would pull the cameras before clean up. Order staff to dump the slurry pits while it rained so councilman couldn’t catch them. Straight into Maroochydore river. Over worked under paid. Lucky to be boots or a safety kit of any kind in the factory. Complain you’d be fired or threatened. Drugs rampant = more work done more money. These cut outs have been done in homes dust for the owners to clean and families to breath. Families clothes washed in the same machines. White eye lashes and hair nose hairs. Toxic shock lads shaking high temps within minutes for a few hours. All about money 💰 families have been threatened for years since diagnosis. Hell two weeks before Covid lockdown compo called many Silicosis suffers claiming hierarchy had a meeting sufferers would stop being paid within the month. They were hoping they would die from Covid. Shine lawyers fix that. But they tried. All disgusting.

[@SagittarianArrows]

Absolutely disgusting, greedy, selfish ... all for drugs you say and mammon :(

[@Olivia--]

That is evil.

[@keelo-byte]

Just wear a respirator. If someone calls you a wimp tell them to f.o. how fragile are these tradies?

[@dplj4428]

Always wear protection when cutting wood or glass etc.

[@awalk5177]

Silicosis was a well known issue centuries ago when masons lived on site during the building of places like Westminster Abbey and York Minster and all across Europe. This is not new. My grandfather was a builder and rescued people from bombed buildings in WWII. He said he always measured those big cathedrals as how many thousands of lives were lost due to silicosis of stone masons and their families who literally lived on site. I remember in 1970's people suffering in paint shops from painting cars. There are many issues with things getting in our lungs. Vaping will be the next one.

[@dplj4428]

Groundbreaking treatment should always be preceded by groundbreaking attitude change of owners of these companies. 😑. Just like those recycling and workers wading through puddles of sewage.

[@JackieLarose]

I wonder if smoking can do that to you

[@JackieLarose]

You can quit cigarettes

[@gSnail_]

Well I’m fucked

[@CameshaCamz]

My God this is so sad. I wonder if it's in concrete too?

[@ianbecker5674]

It is. In pretty much all rock dust.

[@jayden793]

Yes it is they even put in car tyres but the main danger is working with it for years without the right safety

[@nigelstanford4]

31, where????

[@jamesdunning8650]

Looks like Australia.

[@Gummy1991]

He didnt wear p100 masks?

[@BlackholeEnthusiast]

I went from excited to taking a job with cultured marble to now wanting to report the company before I even start... I do think this should be banned and only because employers want to cut corners. Make them pay, make them go broke... I could only imagine where I would be in 20 years if I took the job without knowing about crystalline silica. I'm disgusted, angry and confused as to why CANADA is silent on this.

[@Yaahzy1]

Because they're worker bees meant to die

[@standforhumanitariancauses4756]

Trump wants to remove all regulations. Let's hope he doesn't win.