Petronor and Iberdrola are condemned for health problems of an asbestos-sick worker
- The widow of a former employee of the company Patricio Echeverria, of Legazpi, is also recognised with the pension as a result of her husband's death from an asbestos illness.
Petronor and Iberdrola are considered responsible for the health problems of an asbestos worker in Work Area 1 in Bilbao. Judged. In 2020 he was charged with failing to comply with the health and safety measures necessary for the protection of asbestos at the construction sites of the Lemoiz nuclear plant, the Somorface refinery and the thermal power plants of Santurtzi and Pasaia.
In the face of the accusations, both companies appealed. The man worked in the subcontract ITASA and Petronor denied that this worker worked for them. Iberdrola was not responsible. Now, the court has annulled both remedies and forced companies to pay 30% more of their benefits to the worker.
Widow's pension of a former Patricio Echeverria worker
For its part, the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has recognised the widower’s pension to the wife of a former worker of the company Patricio Echeverria de Legazpi, as she considers her to be ill by asbestos. 4 from the Donostia Work Area. The court denied him this right on the grounds that the deceased worker had a great habit of smoking tobacco. The ELA Bidelagun Foundation appealed and the High Court of Justice recognised the widower’s pension. The deceased died of microcritical carcinoma, and the sentence called it an occupational disease.
Fortunately, most industrial companies start to understand, after the many convictions, that a small exposure to asbestos fibres, without adequate respiratory protection, is sufficient to cause a serious lung disease that causes ten times more deaths than accidents at work, even... [+]
