newsCollege fined for asbestos failings
NEWNHAM COLLEGE has been fined for failings that exposed employees and subcontractors to asbestos during refurbishment of a flat owned by the college.
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newsCompanies fined after workers exposed to asbestos
RJW BUILDING Solutions Limited, a contractor carrying out refurbishment work at the Sea Hotel in South Shields, and Hotel 52 (Sea) Limited, the client company who arranged this work, were sentenced after workers disturbed asbestos.
newsSerious concerns over asbestos report
THE TEACHERS’ Union has highlighted that asbestos in schools is still not being managed safely, following the publication of the Department for Education’s Asbestos Management Assurance Process (AMAP) Survey report.
newsRestaurant owner fined after asbestos disturbance
A RESTAURANT owner has been fined after asbestos was disturbed during the conversion of rooms above the restaurant into flats in Essex.
newsScale of school asbestos is worrying
SCHOOLS WITH asbestos in their buildings must ensure they manage it effectively to prevent staff and students from contracting incurable cancers like mesothelioma.
newsMesothelioma patients call for action
MESOTHELIOMA SUFFERERS are urging people to protect themselves from asbestos, so they don’t have their lives cut short by the incurable cancer.
newsUnsafe asbestos removal leads to fine
A CONSTRUCTION company and its director have been fined after failing to ensure the safe removal of asbestos during demolition work.
articleHealth check webinar
Planning is the key to ensuring your health and safety arrangements really work and in the latest webinar from Southalls Ian Hatherly, Richard Denton, Sarah Leake and Caroline Lee looked at COSHH, asbestos and legionella, outlining challenges that their clients face today in terms of the increased focus on health and safety this year.
newsAsbestos fly-tipper jailed
ON THE 18 April 2019, Paul Williams appeared before Preston Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to four offences. He was sentenced to serve 14 weeks imprisonment for each offence (concurrent) and ordered to pay £150 victim’s surcharge.
newsNHS employees exposed to asbestos
SHREWSBURY AND Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been fined after refurbishment work undertaken in an accommodation block at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital exposed Trust employees and contractors to asbestos.
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