The death of a woman who worked for an ironworks for 23 years has been blamed on asbestos.
Jacqueline Webb, 57, died in October last year after being a typist for Stanton and Staveley, with an inquest revealing that she died as a result of an industrial disease.
The Ilkeston Advertiser reported that she had worked in a number of clerical roles at the ironworks until she left to have her son in 1984.
Louise Pinder, deputy assistant coroner for South Derbyshire, read the court extracts of a statement written by Ms Webb after she was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in 2007.
It described dusty working conditions in offices, with Ms Webb stating that she was not aware of the dangers at the time.
"I don't believe that Mrs Webb was exposed to asbestos every day, but it's clear from her evidence she was exposed over the course of her employment," said Ms Pinder.
Recently, workers at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Guernsey were forced to wear protective clothing in plant rooms and service ducts after asbestos was found during a survey.