Another construction company fined for employee asbestos exposure
Court hears that employees removed over 1000 sq metre of asbestos insulation board ceiling tiles in an uncontrolled manner, exposing them to asbestos....
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Aberdeen Council criticised following asbestos safety failings
Health and safety investigators reveal Aberdeen City Council potentially exposed high-rise workers to asbestos...
Electrician wins asbestos case against car manufacturers Vauxhall
An electrician whose wife developed lung cancer after washing his asbestos-contaminated overalls has won a landmark action in the High Court...
HSE begins the latest construction inspection initiative across London with focus on asbestos
The inspection initiative is running until 17 February and will target London construction sites, primarily focusing on risks to health, particularly working with asbestos...
Essex pensioner may have developed mesothelioma from washing docker husband’s clothes
A pensioner may have died after being exposed to asbestos while washing her husband's work clothes, lawyers have said...
Plans for refurbishing or demolishing your building? Think Asbestos!
If your company has a construction, refurbishment or demolition project in the pipeline, then you are responsible for undertaking specific asbestos surveys....
IOSH launches No Time To Lose campaign as their survey reveals one in four construction workers exposed to asbestos
One in four construction workers say they have been exposed to asbestos while two-thirds do not know that it can cause cancer, according to a survey by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health ...
“I was exposed to asbestos…and it could cut short my life”
When Paul Retallick became a well-paid factory inspector at just 18 years old, he thought it was a career move that would set him on course for a bright future...