HSE offers advice to users of Bunsen burner wire gauzes that may contain asbestos
As a precautionary measure, and in line with the general legal requirement to prevent exposure to asbestos, the gauzes should be disposed of ...
Year: 2018
HSE investigate supply of metal gauze mats which contain asbestos to schools
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has been made aware that two UK laboratory supply companies have supplied schools and potentially other users with gauze mats which contain asbestos...
Manufacturer fined after workers exposed to asbestos
A machining manufacturer has been fined after workers were exposed to asbestos fibres whilst demolishing an internal wall....
Alert over asbestos exposure to military staff who worked on Sea King helicopters
Military staff who worked on Sea King helicopters are being warned they may have been exposed to asbestos...
Wood processing firm fined after exposing workers to asbestos during maintenance work
A wood processing company has been fined after unsafe asbestos work was carried out at its premises in in Macclesfield...
Workers find asbestos at another Aberdeen school
A union boss has called for answers after asbestos was discovered at an Aberdeen school just days before pupils return after the summer holidays...
Fines of over £200k for waste management company trio following “appalling” asbestos negligence
Three directors of a now-liquidated waste management company have been sentenced after a series of “appalling” failures, exposing the public and the environment to asbestos...
Property management company fined for failing to undertake asbestos assessment
A Peterborough property management company has today been sentenced after failing to carry out an asbestos survey prior to undertaking extensive refurbishment works...