newsWITH THOUSANDS of public buildings and offices now re-open following lockdown, the UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) has raised concerns about their safety following the lack of asbestos training that has been undertaken since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
blogMESOTHELIOMA AWARENESS Day takes place on September 26, and was established in hopes of increasing general awareness around the debilitating disease that is mesothelioma.
newsCOINCIDING WITH World Lung Cancer Day on 1 August 2020, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) reminded employers to protect their staff.
productiHASCO, a market-leading provider of Health & Safety and Compliance eLearning, has released an updated version of its popular Asbestos Awareness training course.
articleAs the death rate from asbestos-related diseases continues to rise, Craig Evans looks at the part training can take in mitigating the risk.
newsIOSH’S NO Time to Lose campaign is partnering with the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization’s (ADAO) Global Asbestos Awareness Week (GAAW) from 01 to 07 April to help raise awareness of asbestos, the world’s biggest cause of work-related cancer.
newsJUDGE MELANIE Greally imposed a fine of €100,000 on McAleer & Rushe Contracts UK Ltd, a UK-registered construction company following an earlier guilty plea to a charge under the Safety, Health & Welfare at Work (Exposure to Asbestos Regulations) 2006 and 2010 at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.
newsACE RECYCLING (NI) Limited and its sole director have been fined a total of £28,000 for health and safety breaches, including failing to ensure a suitable and sufficient assessment was completed to identify the presence of asbestos at a former factory site at Shaerf Drive, Lurgan.
newsAN EMPLOYER has been sentenced for failing to reduce the exposure and spread of asbestos when demolishing a large pig shed.
newsPROPERTY OWNER Michael Cutmore and building contractors B and S BM Limited have both been sentenced after a refurbishment project of an old hotel was found to contain asbestos containing materials (ACMs) on site while work was still taking place.
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