newsAsbestos exposure still putting lives at risk
LIVES ARE still being put at risk by companies failing to manage exposure to asbestos – two decades after the deadly cancer-causing material was banned in Britain.
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newsHoteliers fined after disturbing asbestos
A DEVON based hoteliers has been sentenced today after materials containing asbestos were disturbed during a major refurbishment at The Park Hotel in Barnstaple.
newsManufacturer failed to protect workers from asbestos
A FURNITURE manufacturing company, Godfrey-Syrett Limited (in administration), was sentenced for failing to prevent exposure to asbestos at its factory in Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne.
newsNew skill card for the asbestos sector
THE FACULTY of Asbestos Assessment and Management (FAAM), Asbestos Control and Abatement Division (ACAD) and The National Organisation of Asbestos Consultants (NORAC) have formed a collaboration to bring a new skills certification card, displaying the CSCS logo, to Asbestos professionals.
newsSerious breach in removal of asbestos
A CONSTRUCTION company has been fined for serious safety failings with regards to the management of asbestos at a site located at Finchley Road, London.
newsWork-related cancer campaign milestone
IOSH’S NO Time to Lose campaign is “going from strength to strength” as it registers its 300th supporting organisation.
newsProactive approach needed for school asbestos
THE NATIONAL Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) said pupils and staff need to be protected from asbestos in schools.
newsTrader exposed workers to asbestos
A TRADER from Co Armagh has been sentenced for failings which resulted in the disturbance of asbestos while dismantling a disused factory in Portadown.
newsAsbestos release leads to double prosecution
A LANDLORD and a building contractor have been fined after large quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory at a rented property.
newsCompany fined after failing to identify asbestos
A BALLYMENA-based asbestos surveying company was sentenced yesterday after failing to identify the risk of asbestos containing materials in a County Antrim retail outlet.
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