If you are an employer and are planning any work that has the potential to disturb asbestos, then you are responsible for preparing a suitable and sufficient risk assessment. Your first responsibility is to the individuals you are asking to undertake the risk assessment in the first place...
A year following his death, the widow of a Thurrock Council construction worker is appealing for information surrounding his death from mesothelioma. Alan Jolliffe was suspected to be suffering from the asbestos-related cancer in 2013...
A total of £2.7 million has been secured for asbestos victims and their families in the North East and North Cumbria. The Northern TUC Asbestos Support and Campaign Group (ASCG) was launched in 2010 and has helped its clients claim the money during the past 12 months...
A timebomb of asbestos-related disease is waiting to explode as builders fall victim to its deadly effects, a campaigner said yesterday. Ian McConaghy has suffered from asbestosis for 15 years as a result of a career working with ships including those supplying Royal Navy vessels...
The Health and Safety Executive is urging the construction industry to improve its health and safety measures after spot checks revealed that 40% of construction sites were failing to protect their workers and in particular failing to control exposure to harmful dusts such as asbestos. Over 1700 sites were...
Digital Fire and Security (NI) Limited was brought before Crown Court today, following an incident in November 2013 that was reported to the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland ...
A terminally ill pensioner who was poisoned by deadly asbestos has won the right to more than £50,000 in damages from his former employer...
A construction firm removed an asbestos ceiling in a school despite not being legally approved to do the work....