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Article

1 Aug 2012

Author:
William Rollo, ABC News

Row over asbestos found at LNG [liquefied natural gas] plant [Australia]

A row has broken out over white asbestos contained in prefab buildings brought in from overseas to build a liquefied natural gas...facility in Queensland. The union representing electrical workers says almost 100 of its members have been exposed to asbestos. They say when members refused to work on the site...Bechtel, cut their pay. The company says employees were offered alternative work and it took measures to quarantine the contaminated area...[T]he carcinogen chrysotile...was found in imported pre-fabricated switch rooms built in Indonesia by...Metito...[The union] says...Bechtel allowed workers to continue at the contaminated sites during the investigation and staff that refused had their wages docked. But...Bechtel says employees were offered alternative work.