Building surveyor fined £30k for flawed asbestos survey
Building surveyor Watts Group has been fined £30,000 for health and safety breaches that resulted in two construction workers being exposed to asbestos...
Month: January 2016
Widow ‘poisoned by husband’s asbestos hugs’
A factory worker who came home each night covered in asbestos dust unwittingly poisoned his wife with hugs and kisses according to a High Court claim...
Teacher dies following asbestos exposure at several schools over 27 years
A teacher tragically died after being exposed to asbestos at several schools during a 27-year period, a coroner has ruled. Long-serving teacher Elizabeth Belt died as a result of mesothelioma...
Compensation claims for asbestos in Lancashire alone hit £687k
Lancashire County Council has paid out almost £700,000 to people with conditions linked to asbestos in the past four years. County Hall shelled out £672,094 in compensation and costs to victims in the past five years - and the authority has six ongoing claims...
UCATT urge action urged following construction deaths
Construction union UCATT are calling on the Health and Safety Executive to urgently review their reporting methods and for the industry to examine safety requirements, following new evidence on migrant worker deaths...
Alert after suspected asbestos found at leisure centre
Part of a leisure centre had to be closed today after suspected asbestos was discovered in the building. The main hall was sealed off after drilling work in the walls revealed the mystery substance...
Former teacher taking legal action after contracting asbestos-related cancer
Paul Crabtree was a religious education teacher at Bessemer School in Hitchin between 1972 and the secondary school’s closure in 1982. He worked in a postwar prefab classroom with asbestos in its fabric for most of his time on the staff...
Dairy Farm fined over asbestos exposure due to lack of management plan
Dale Farm has been fined £30,000 plus costs of £2,500 after two ventilation engineers were exposed to asbestos fibres. The incident happened during extension work at their creamery in Cookstown in March 2013. The company pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety legislation. The case was brought by the Health...