Safety experts ARCO urge construction workers to get ‘face-fit’ tested
Safety equipment suppliers Arco are urging construction workers to get ‘face-fit’ tested in the fight against lung cancer. As part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month...
Safety equipment suppliers Arco are urging construction workers to get ‘face-fit’ tested in the fight against lung cancer. As part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month...
The construction industry has launched new guidance to encourage better management of occupational health risks. HSE is urging the industry to put an end to the hundreds of construction workers that die...
Lung cancer sufferers are missing out on substantial financial help because the link with asbestos is being missed in some cases, the National Asbestos Helpline has reported. More than 43,000 people a year are diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK, but the Health and Safety Executive estimates that...
The HSE has published latest statistics (collated up to 2013) regarding deaths caused by exposure to asbestos. There are four main diseases associated with inhalation of asbestos fibres...
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...
Campaigners and politicians have called for drastic action amid revelations that some eight out of ten schools in Sheffield contain asbestos. Figures obtained by the Sheffield Star revealed 86 per cent of primaries and 35 per cent of the city’s secondary schools contain the potentially deadly dust. The problem is so...
ARCA, the UK’s leading asbestos removal association, has published a Guidance Note on the responsibilities clients have when appointing asbestos contractors. The law requires that clients, make suitable arrangements for managing a project, and maintain and review these arrangements ...
A former electrician died after being exposed to asbestos during two stints at Rolls-Royce in Derby. Gordon Clifford started as an apprentice, his inquest was told. In a brief statement read out at Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner's Court...