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Tag: 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...

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Posted on 8th October 20189th October 2018 Categories Cancer, Trades Tags Asbestos, Docks, Essex, Mesothelioma

Asbestos death secretary’s family awarded £360,000 compensation

Lawyers for her family said it was a landmark case because it was the first time a judge had ruled that harmful dust must be suppressed at its source...

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Posted on 13th July 201817th July 2018 Categories Legal, Scotland Tags Asbestos, Asbestos Fibres, Cancer Research UK, Employees, Environmental, Mesothelioma, Public Health, Steel, West Lothian

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....

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Posted on 5th June 20185th October 2018 Categories Inspectas, Safety, Trades, Uncategorised Tags Advice, Asbestos, Building, CAR Regs, Construction, Public Health, Refurbishment, Removal, Surveying, Surveys

Bedfordshire contractor fined for poor asbestos assessment

A Bedfordshire based contractor has been fined after failing to carry out suitable assessment of asbestos removal work...

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Posted on 9th March 2017 Categories Asbestos Management, HSE, Safety, Trades Tags Asbestos, Bedfordshire, CAR Regs, Contractors, Luton, Removal, Surveying

Asbestos scare closes Prestwick beach

Council workers have closed off the beach at Prestwick in Ayrshire over concerns about asbestos contamination...

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Posted on 1st August 2016 Categories Safety Tags Asbestos, Environmental, Government, Public Health

Retired electrician exposed to asbestos at Exeter University now in a hospice with asbestosis

A retired electrician who was awarded asbestos exposure compensation of just over £1,500 from Exeter University – who are appealing the court decision – is now being cared for in a hospice...

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Posted on 27th July 2016 Categories Cancer, Legal, Safety Tags Asbestos, Asbestosis, Electricians

Lorry driver died of cancer after asbestos contact

A firm of solicitors is appealing for people who may have come into contact with asbestos at work following the death of a Bicester man. ..

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Posted on 8th July 201618th July 2016 Categories Cancer, Legal, Trades Tags Advice, Asbestos, Tradespeople, Transport

Anti-terror officer dies 31 years on after being exposed to Brighton bombing asbestos

A former anti-terror officer who was one of the first on the scene of the Brighton bombing in 1984 has died from cancer after inhaling asbestos while sifting through wreckage at the site 31 years ago...

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Posted on 17th December 201517th December 2015 Categories Cancer Tags Asbestos, Asbestosis, Government, Mesothelioma, Public Health

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