Cornish construction company fined after dangerous demolition
There were no welfare facilities on site, no risk assessments and no demolition plans or asbestos survey available...
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UKATA voice concern over lack of construction industry asbestos training during Covid-19 pandemic
Despite construction sites reopening in May, number of workers undertaking asbestos training courses is the lowest for five years...
Calls of “scandal” as Wycombe Hospital “refuses”to reveal if patients and staff are at risk of asbestos-related disease
A hospital has allegedly refused to reveal whether its patients and staff may be at risk of a deadly asbestos-related disease, on the grounds of “commercial confidentiality” – a move branded “scandalous” by the devastated family of a former nurse...
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...
Two excellent webinars on asbestos management released by IOSH
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Construction Group has released two superb webinars around asbestos management...
Outrage as asbestos flakes fall from ceiling of crumbling Scottish primary school into food preparation area
Despite kitchen has been shut, furious parents are demanding to know why their children were put at potential risk and are demanding effective action ...
Building owner hit with six month sentence for unlicensed asbestos removal during refurbishment
A Manchester-based businessman has been given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, after failing to survey a property for asbestos before starting major refurbishment work...
HSE to target construction firms in new health inspections, with focus on asbestos
These inspections will be the first time the regulator has targeted the industry with a specific focus on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease ...