newsDirectors found guilty of waste crimes
THE ENVIRONMENT Agency has successfully brought those responsible to account for abandoning nearly 2,000 tonnes of waste at Shaw Road, Dudley in 2016.
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newsUnite launches silica register
UNITE, THE UK and Ireland’s largest union, has launched an online register to allow workers who have been exposed to silica dust to register their exposure, to assist with potential future legal cases if they experience long term health problems.
newsCompany fined for non-compliance of Notices
KITCHEN WORKTOP manufacturing company, The Solid Surface Shop UK Ltd was sentenced for non-compliance of Improvement Notices and failure to effectively manage health and safety.
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.
newsPlayground company exposes workers to RCS
A PLAYGROUND installation and landscaping contractor has been fined after failing to provide employees with adequate control measures to prevent exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS).
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.
newsConstruction worker suffers carbon monoxide poisoning
CONSTRUCTION WORKER Construction 360 Ltd was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker collapsed and lost consciousness while working at the site of King Asia Foods Ltd, Middle Bank, Sheffield.
newsSentence after teenage apprentice overcome by fumes
AN ALLOY wheel refurbishment company was sentenced after a 16-year-old apprentice worker was overcome by vapours from a chemical used in the stripping and cleaning of alloy wheels.
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