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Make sure your asbestos management plan is up to date in 2026
As we advance through the year, it’s the perfect time to ensure your asbestos management fundamentals are in good shape….
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Companies fined after 16-year-old worker exposed to asbestos
The worker been breaking up cement sheets taken from the roof of the property and putting them into a skip. Asbestos was later found to be in the cement sheets, exposing the worker to asbestos fibres.
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Asbestos – Your Duty: HSE launches new campaign to keep people safe from future dangers of asbestos
Asbestos: Your Duty launches today, Monday 15 January, with the aim of improving understanding of what the legal duty to manage asbestos involves…
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Construction firm fined £90,000 after exposing public to asbestos during renovation work
Nathan Cook, prosecuting on behalf of the HSE, told the court how the regulator received a concern on 31 August 2021 about asbestos disturbance. The concern related to a refurbishment project…
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New TUC research shows thousands of local authority buildings still contain asbestos
Asbestos is still the biggest workplace killer according to the Health and Safety Executive, and Britain has the highest rates of mesothelioma cases in the world. But the new research reveals…
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MPs state that all asbestos must go from public buildings within 40 years
The Work and Pensions Select Committee said asbestos remained the biggest cause of work-related deaths in the UK. More than 5,000 such fatalities were recorded in 2019….
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Asbestos management company director jailed and fined £100k for failure to protect workers
Chelmsford Crown Court heard that concerns were raised by workers at Ensure Asbestos Management Limited who believed they were being put in danger whilst carrying out refurbishment work….
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Builder prosecuted for unsafe asbestos removal that exposed employees to serious health risk
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Mr Lynch was made aware that asbestos was present in the property, and yet he failed to make adequate enquiries as to where the asbestos was…
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