Family sues firm over Queensland insulation death THE family of a young man who died while installing foil insulation under a federal scheme is suing his employer. Mitchell Sweeney, 22, died in 2010 while working on the ceiling of a home at Millaa Millaa, south of Cairns. He was electrocuted when he stapled a metal fastener through the foil and into a live wire while working for Gold Coast firm Titan Insulations Ltd. His mother Wendy Sweeney says she is still struggling to come to terms with her son's death. "It has been an incredibly difficult time for our family as we try to get answers and deal with what has happened," she said in a statement today. Lawyer Rod Hodgson says Mr Sweeney's family is suing the firm for loss of income, medical costs and pain and suffering. Mrs Sweeney and sons Brendan and Justin had been diagnosed with significant psychological conditions following Mr Sweeney's death, he said. "They deserve some assistance from Titan Insulations to help them manage," Mr Hodgson said. Titan Insulation was fined $100,000 for unsafe practices in 2011. Mr Sweeney was one of three Queenslanders killed while installing insulation in 2009 and 2010 under the federal government's axed Home Insulation Program. A coronial inquest into the deaths is under way.