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Category: Legal

Family appeal for help after ex power station worker from asbestos exposure

Appeals from lawyers Irwin Mitchell to former workmates for help in establishing how he was exposed to the asbestos that claimed his life. ..

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Posted on 28th September 20208th October 2020 Categories Cancer, Legal Tags Irwin Mitchell

Ex-railway worker killed by mesothelioma after daily exposure to asbestos for 20 years

A railway worker who was exposed to asbestos died almost 35 years after he took redundancy, Derbyshire Live has reported....

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Posted on 20th August 202020th August 2020 Categories Asbestos Management, Legal Tags Derbyshire, Mesothelioma, Railways

Recycling company and director heavily fined over asbestos contamination at derelict factory

A company and its director have been fined after failing to safely manage asbestos at a former factory site in Co Armagh...

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Posted on 28th April 202028th April 2020 Categories Asbestos Management, Ireland, Legal, Safety Tags HSENI, Recycling

Demolition company owner handed suspended sentence for asbestos offences

ACMs needlessly broken up in significant quantities across the site, leading to the risk of spreading asbestos fibres...

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Posted on 27th February 20202nd March 2020 Categories HSE, Legal, Safety, Uncategorised Tags ACMs, Asbestos Fibres, Demolition

Asbestos dumped by river on Cambridgeshire Fens

The waste - which will cost several thousands of pounds to clear - was dumped at some point on Sunday. A council spokeswoman said the scale of the crime is shocking...

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Posted on 5th September 20195th September 2019 Categories Asbestos Management, Legal Tags disposal, Dumping, fens, Fly tipping

Lawyers Leigh Day calls for new legislation to curb UK-based asbestos trade

Leading law firm calls for restrictions to laws that enable UK firms to play a role in asbestos trading...

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Posted on 22nd July 20191st August 2019 Categories Cancer, Legal, Uncategorised Tags Asbestos Trading, Export, Leigh Day, Mesothelioma

British businesses targeted in new dust inspections, advises HSE

Firms across Great Britain are to be targeted in a new series of inspections focusing on dust control by the Health and Safety Executive...

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Posted on 12th June 201921st June 2019 Categories Air Testing, Cancer, HSE, Legal, Safety, Uncategorised Tags Business, Dust, DustBuster, HSE, Mesothelioma, Silica, Tradespeople

Industry bodies launch asbestos skills certification

Asbestos professionals in the UK have joined forces to launch a certification card so that workers can prove they are qualified to handle the material...

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Posted on 7th June 20197th June 2019 Categories Asbestos, Asbestos Management, Cancer, Legal, Safety, Uncategorised Tags CSCS, IOSH, Mesothelioma, One Industry, Trades

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