newsTHE 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.
newsA RESTAURANT owner has been fined after asbestos was disturbed during the conversion of rooms above the restaurant into flats in Essex.
newsA 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).
newsSCHOOLS WITH asbestos in their buildings must ensure they manage it effectively to prevent staff and students from contracting incurable cancers like mesothelioma.
newsMESOTHELIOMA SUFFERERS are urging people to protect themselves from asbestos, so they don’t have their lives cut short by the incurable cancer.
newsCONSTRUCTION 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.
newsAN 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.
productAIR SAMPLING, noise and vibration specialist Casella has launched its advanced and lightweight low flow pump, the VAPex. The elite low flow pump has a flow rate of 20mL to 500mL/min and is the ideal solution for measuring and employee’s exposure to vapours and gases.
productIN THE UK, workers required to wear respiratory protection are also required to pass an annual respirator fit test.
newsA STONE masonry company has been sentenced after failing to adequately control employees’ exposure to respirable silica dust, resulting in an employee developing silicosis.
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