School and contractor fined for unsafe removal of asbestos A school and its maintenance contractor have been fined after workers disturbed asbestos at the school while installing a new heating system. A company had been contracted by the school, to install a new heating system in the school building. In the course of the work, during […]
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Company and director sentenced for exposing workers to asbestos
July 2021 A wood working company and its director have been fined after an inspection by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found a series of failings and risks associated with significant quantities of asbestos-containing materials within the premises. The Court heard that in August 2016, during an unannounced visit to the workshop, the asbestos […]
IS HEALTH SURVEILLANCE REQUIRED IN YOUR WORKPLACE?
Is health surveillance required in your workplace? Risk assessment and controls (first part of the health surveillance cycle .) The starting point is your risk assessment. Through this you will have found out the hazards in your workplace, identified who is at risk and taken measures to do something to control the risks. Where some risk […]