A MAN died as a result of years working with asbestos fibres, a Huddersfield inquest was told.
Frederick Fisher, 77, Lyndale Crescent, Heckmondwike, died last October 20 at Dewsbury District Hospital.
He had been admitted on October 12 because of rectal bleeding.
He suffered from unstable angina and had advanced asbestosis, a disease of the fibres of the lungs caused by exposure to asbestos.
His condition worsened on October 15 and he had a heart attack.
Mr Fisher was resuscitated, but his condition again got worse and he died five days later of bronchial pneumonia caused by asbestosis.
Mr Fisher was exposed to asbestos when he went to work as an engine driver for British Rail in the 1950s, after leaving school at 14.
He breathed in asbestos fibres while loading asbestos bales.
In 2001, he was diagnosed with fibral lung disease and was awarded an industrial disease disablement pension.
Coroner Roger Whittaker recorded a verdict of death from industrial disease.
