Asbestos news

HSE Refurbishment Inspection Initiative

HSE Construction inspectors will be carrying out an intensive inspection initiative during February and March 2012.

Asbestos dumped in Leicester streets

Piles of asbestos ripped from a building dumped on the street

High street retailer fined £1 Million for safety failings.

Million Pound Prosecution is a wake up call that any refurbishment programmes involving asbestos-containing materials must be properly resourced, both in terms of time and money - no matter what.

Site manager fined £27K for ignoring asbestos

Asbestos insulating boards in the restaurant's ceiling were broken up during demolition meaning they could have exposed people on the high street to asbestos fibres.

£318,000 compensation for asbestos victim’s family

The widow and family of a victim of asbestosis have been awarded personal injury compensation of £318,000.

Asbestos Awareness Training

Asbestos Awareness Training course 9th November 2011

Builder fined for ignoring HSE warnings

Prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for ignoring two improvement notices relating to asbestos safety training and health and safety competence training while refurbishing two residential properties

Asbestos exposure leaves pipe fitter with uncertain future

49 year old pipe fitter Jonathan Arnold was exposed for five hours to high levels of blue asbestos (crocidolite) whilst fitting a new central heating system and can now only wait and see what long-term damage has been done to him.

Contractor takes out asbestos in wheelbarrows

Workers removed asbestos insulation board from around the bath then carried it through the flat and communal areas of the housing complex in a wheelbarrow before loading it into an open-topped van.

Men exposed to asbestos during work on a school

The work lasted several hours, exposing both workers and the school caretaker to asbestos. Also, instead of a cleaner with a specialised filter, an ordinary vacuum cleaner was used that would have spread fibres into the air.

Cheapskate project manager in asbestos scare

Building was found to be riddled with deadly asbestos fibres after a vacuum was used to try and remove them.

Fines for companies that ignored asbestos hazard

Fines after failing to manage asbestos removal work at a renovation site

Roofing company fined for asbestos and scaffolding failures

Fined for unlicensed asbestos removal - at a property where employees also worked on unsafe scaffolding.

M&S Guilty of exposing shoppers to asbestos risk.

Marks & Spencer has been found guilty of putting its customers as well as staff and construction workers at risk of asbestos exposure.

Oswestry workers exposed to asbestos

Absolute disregard for human safety by allowing work with asbestos to take place, fully aware it was present, but having taken no precautions to prevent the spread of fibres. .

Workers exposed to asbestos at Derby building site

Already been fined £13,000 for its health and safety failings in this case.

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The hidden health hazard in millions of homes

Asbestos was only finally banned in 1999 – and few people realise it is present in about half of all residential property

Asbestos – updated guidance

Asbestos fibres are present in the environment in Great Britain so people are exposed to very low levels of fibres.

The Great British Asbestos in Buildings Survey 2011

British asbestos campaigners have launched a national survey designed to protect UK workers from being exposed to asbestos in their workplace.

Topshop team exposed to asbestos fibres

Maximum fines from magistrates for exposing workers to potentially deadly asbestos fibres.

Site manager gets community service over asbestos risk

“This is something Mr Jones will have to live with for the rest of his life – wondering whether his site manager’s lack of consideration might lead to him contracting a deadly disease.”

Town at risk from Asbestos

Traces of the material were found on walls, in drains and at a bus stop.

Council Fined for Ignoring Asbestos

Council prosecuted after a visiting contractor spotted debris on the floor of a building

HSE clampdown on unsafe construction sites

HSE Clampdown - Many workers believe that, because asbestos has been banned as a building material, it's no longer a threat to them. But that simply isn't true.

HSE denies asbestos campaign has been scrapped

HSE's Asbestos: the Hidden Killer campaign has not been cancelled as it has been claimed.

Christmas Break opening hours

Christmas Break from 16:30 on the 23rd December till 08:30 on the 4th January 2011.

Fear for workers exposed to asbestos ceiling

I have the worry of whether the asbestos has caused lasting damage to my health and it’s not just me that might have been exposed to fibres that were brought home on my work clothes.

Window company exposed workers to Asbestos

Four employees have been left living in fear for their future health after being exposed

Council fined after putting worker in asbestos danger

Council failed to warn the trained plumber that asbestos was present.

Dangers in the Dust

"What we have shown is that chrysotile is as dangerous as crocidolite [blue asbestos] for contracting lung cancer, and is also linked to mesothelioma,"

Credit where credit is due

Ello, Ello, Ello.....

Kent Police have appointed Asbestos First to survey their property portfolio

LA's & HSE working together

Local authorities (LAs) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) working together

Prosecution launched against a high street retailer

Prosecution launched against a high street retailer and four contractors for exposing people to asbestos

Protection for Agency Workers

Employment agencies advertising vacancies for asbestos removal workers without having the proper Health and Safety Executive (HSE) licenses.

Alan Hales - Founding Partner

Alan Hales, Founding Partner passed away on December 19. For those who wish to attend to pay their last respects a service is being held at Eastbourne Crematorium

HSE Hidden Killer Campaign

The HSE Hidden Killer campaign starts 2nd November 2009. Helping tradesmen and maintenance workers know when they might be working with asbestos.

Asbestos removal from schools

The BBC's Inside Out programme identifies asbestos in 90% of UK schools.