Scaffolder diagnosed with terminal asbestos cancer appeals for help from workers based at Shell Haven Oil Refinery A FORMER scaffolder battling terminal asbestos cancer is appealing for help to establish whether his illness stems from a clean-up operation following a huge fire at an Essex oil refinery. Dave Bridgeman has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos often decades earlier. Following his diagnosis in January this year, Dave, 72, supported by wife Barbara, 73, instructed expert asbestos-related disease lawyers at Irwin Mitchell ...