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Alarm raised over asbestos risk to workers after Redditch man dies
Experts in asbestos-related diseases at law firm Irwin Mitchell have called for significant improvements in the way asbestos is monitored, managed and handled after new statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) revealed there more than 5,000 deaths from asbestos-related diseases in 2013. The report indicated 2,538 mesothelioma deaths, and a similar number of…
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Care home fined over failure to remove asbestos from site
A Hertfordshire care home has been fined after it failed to ensure asbestos was removed from old buildings before demolition work. The unsafe working practices were revealed after a complaint last spring from a member of the public living close to the former hospital site on Hospital Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. HSE inspectors found the former Chesham…
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McDonald’s site in Kent contaminated with deadly asbestos
Deadly asbestos is plaguing a site earmarked for a multi-million pound McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant – but the fast food giant says it still plans to open its new branch in Tonbridge next year. The large Cannon Lane development was revealed in 2014, but documents submitted to the council this summer show the site, which used…
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Family, including three year old girl, exposed to dangerous asbestos
Tenants of a house in Lincolnshire, including a three year old girl, were exposed to dangerous levels of deadly asbestos dust, a court was told. A judge at Lincoln Crown Court fined Blankney Estates Ltd, the company which rented the property in Scopwick, after it pleaded guilty to health and safety offences. The court heard…
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Cinema owner faces charges for asbestos exposure
Court proceedings have been initiated following an investigation into the way asbestos was dealt with between September 16, 2010, and April 5, 2012, at the cinema which opened in London Road last year after an extensive refurbishment, including removal of the fibre by a specialist company. At Stevenage Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (13), the Health…
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HSE issue “Asbestos: The Analysts’ Guide 2016” for Public Consultation
On Monday 12th October 2015 the Health and Safety Executive made the “Asbestos: The Analysts’ Guide 2016” available for public consultation. This document is a revised version of the Analysts Guide first published in 2005…
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Heating engineer fined after homeowners put at risk of asbestos exposure
A self employed heating engineer has been fined after removing asbestos lagged pipework in a domestic property with no precautions to prevent exposure to asbestos fibres. Karl Locher pleaded guilty at Trafford Magistrates’ Court after an investigation by the Health and safety Executive…
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