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Category: Safety

Heavy fines for Bradford hotel over asbestos removal delays

The court heard officers "were concerned" the asbestos risk hadn't been taken more seriously...

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Posted on 11th January 202111th January 2021 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos, Asbestos Management, Safety Tags Bradford, Yorkshire

Lorry-load of asbestos dumped on Dumfriesshire farm

Due to the hazardous nature of the material, the incident was raised as a matter of urgency with local and national agencies ...

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Posted on 23rd October 202023rd October 2020 Categories Asbestos, Asbestos Management, Cancer, Safety Tags Dumping, Fly tipping, HazMat

Owners of Blackpool pier arcade sentenced over asbestos refurbishment while still open to public

Up to 600 workers and members of the public were potentially exposed to asbestos fibres from Blackpool's South Pier after the pier’s directors cut corners on cost to remove a circus style roof ...

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Posted on 21st June 202023rd June 2020 Categories Air Testing, Asbestos, Asbestos Management, Safety Tags Blackpool

Cwmbran family’s asbestos lockdown nightmare

A frustrated family of four say they have spent the whole of the coronavirus lockdown living in two bedrooms after asbestos was found in their home. Simone Jones, from Northville in Cwmbran, says she has had “endless problems” at the Bron Afon property in Orchard Lane where she lives with husband...

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Posted on 11th June 202018th June 2020 Categories Safety, Wales Tags Covid-19, Families, Housing, Lockdown

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

COVID-19: best practice that keeps customers safe

With the unprecedented concern surrounding COVID-19 we take the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff and clients extremely seriously. For this reason, we can undertake both residential and commercial surveys without the need to be accompanied on site...

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Posted on 23rd March 202023rd June 2020 Categories Asbestos Management, CoronaVirus, COVID-19, Safety Tags CoronaVirus, Covid-19, Support

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

MoD staff sent on “indefinite leave” after discovery of widespread asbestos contamination

Testing is underway at a Ministry of Defence site in Ashchurch after staff were reportedly 'evacuated' due to "widespread asbestos contamination", it is reported...

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Posted on 9th July 201912th July 2019 Categories Air Testing, Safety, Uncategorised Tags Army, MoD, Risk Management, Staff

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