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Nearly 50 Dorset schools house asbestos containing materials
NEARLY 50 schools across Dorset house asbestos-containing materials, a freedom of information request (FOI) has revealed. The FOI, sent by the Echo to the council, revealed that a total of 48 Education Authority Schools in the Dorset Council area hold...
Asbestos Contractor Fined
An asbestos contractor from Wiltshire has been fined £100,000 and one of its directors handed a suspended jail sentence over a catalogue of failings, including allowing untrained workers to rip out asbestos by hand.Winchester Crown Court heard that Sarum Asbestos...
ISO 45001
The draft international standard (DIS) for ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems – Requirements with guidance for use has been published by BSi and is available on their website for review and comment until April 2016. ISO 45001 will eventually...
Asbestos in Scotland remains a ‘health time bomb’
The use of asbestos in Scottish schools has created a health "time bomb", medical and legal experts have claimed. An increasing number of people are coming forward with asbestos-related conditions they claim are associated with working in affected buildings. Exposure...
Woman dies from asbestos-related disease following husband’s exposure
A 66-year-old woman who used to wash her husband’s asbestos-covered overalls has died from peritoneal mesothelioma, an inquest has heard. Margaret Maggs was first diagnosed with the asbestos-related disease in 2007, reportsgrimsbytelegraph.co.uk. Her husband, Colin,...
Contractor fined for poor asbestos assessment
A Bedfordshire based contractor has been fined for poor asbestos assessment, after failing to carry out suitable assessment of asbestos removal work. Luton Magistrates Court heard how Anthony West was contracted to complete demolition work at a building in...