A Manchester-based businessman has been given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, after failing to survey a property for asbestos before starting major refurbishment work...
These inspections will be the first time the regulator has targeted the industry with a specific focus on respiratory risks and occupational lung disease ...
Canterbury Crown Court heard how an environmental health officer was carrying out a routine food inspection when they noticed what looked like asbestos rope hanging from the ceiling....
A machining manufacturer has been fined after workers were exposed to asbestos fibres whilst demolishing an internal wall....
A wood processing company has been fined after unsafe asbestos work was carried out at its premises in in Macclesfield...
The county council is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for alleged breaches at one primary school ...
Lawyers for her family said it was a landmark case because it was the first time a judge had ruled that harmful dust must be suppressed at its source...
The IOSH has a fantastic range of free resources to help both the public and professionals find out more about asbestos and how to manage it....