newsCompany fined for unlicensed asbestos work
A BRISTOL-based construction company has been sentenced for carrying out unlicensed asbestos work.
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newsDublin’s Dangerous Substances campaign
TWO INTERNATIONAL organisations for safety and health at work are launching partnership support for a campaign about how ‘Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances’.
newsAsbestos exposure in science experiments
TENS OF thousands of pupils and teachers and other staff could have been exposed to asbestos in science labs, after it was revealed by the HSE that two companies have been supplying equipment containing the deadly material to UK schools.
newsCouncil fined after workers exposed to asbestos
KENT COUNTY Council (KCC) has been fined £200,000 after asbestos was disturbed at Lansdowne Primary School.
newsHSE investigating school asbestos concerns
THE HEALTH and Safety Executive (HSE) is investigating batches of metal gauze mats containing asbestos, which have been supplied to schools.
newsGas worker’s six-figure asbestos settlement
A FORMER gas worker from Thornton-Cleveleys, who was diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease, has spoken of his relief after specialist lawyers at Irwin Mitchell secured him a six-figure settlement from his former employer.
newsCompany fined for asbestos exposure
A WOOD processing company has been fined after unsafe asbestos work was carried out at its premises in in Macclesfield.
newsWidow wants justice for asbestos death
THE WIDOW of a Newcastle man who was diagnosed with asbestos-related disease before his death has joined with legal experts at Irwin Mitchell to appeal to her husband’s former workmates to come forward and help her gain justice regarding his illness.
newsBOHS launches analysing asbestos in soils course
THE BRITISH Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) has developed and launched P408, the first in-depth asbestos in soils analysis training course in the UK.
newsCompany fined for lack of asbestos assessment
A PROPERTY management company has been sentenced after failing to carry out an asbestos survey prior to undertaking extensive refurbishment works.
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