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Health and safety watchdog to inspect schools’ asbestos management
The Health and Safety Executive will inspect schools across England to assess how they are managing the risks from asbestos. From this September, HSE inspections of primary and secondary [..]
Former construction company directors sentenced for failing to prevent exposure to asbestos
Two former company directors have been sentenced and fined after a refurbishment project at a former department store was found to have disturbed asbestos containing materials (ACMs) while [..]
‘Set 40-year deadline for non-domestic building asbestos removal’, MPs say
The Government must commit to a strategy to remove all asbestos from public and commercial buildings within 40 years, MPs have said, with the risk to health only [..]
School and contractor fined for unsafe removal of asbestos
A school and its maintenance contractor have been fined after workers disturbed asbestos at the school while installing a new heating system. T.W. Steam & Heating Services Limited [..]
Fine after workers exposed to asbestos
Power Link Machines (UK) Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after the HSE was informed the company was using gaskets within its generator sets that contained asbestos. [..]
Newquay Firm Fined for risking asbestos exposure
A Cornish contractor has been fined and a hotel owner ordered to carry out unpaid work after failing to safely manage the removal of asbestos-containing materials during a refurbishment. [..]
Devon beach closed after discovery of asbestos
Plymouth City Council said Mount Batten beach had been closed for the foreseeable future to enable it to investigate extent of asbestos contamination. Asbestos was first found at [..]
Devon based Hotelier fined for disturbing asbestos at Barnstaple Hotel
A Devon based hotelier has been found guilty and fined £80,000 after materials containing asbestos were disturbed during a major refurbishment at The Park Hotel in Barnstaple. Newton [..]
Devon hotel faces fine for asbestos health & safety failings
Percy R Brend & Sons (Hoteliers), which trades as Brend Hotels, put the safety and welfare of its employees at risk when it carried out work on The [..]
Asbestos in Schools – lack of information
Almost a quarter of schools have failed to inform the Government how much asbestos is in their school buildings. The report by the public accounts select committee has [..]
