Ear loop respirators/masks DO NOT provide protection as tight fitting RPE. The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) have new research revealing that respirators/masks that rely on ear loops to hold the masks in place, do not provide adequate protection when used as tight fitting RPE (respiratory protective equipment) does. The...
Asbestos found at former factory site earmarked for 169-home estate Asbestos has been found at a former chemical works earmarked for new housing- despite a ‘clean-up’ of the land more than 10 years ago. The site was acquired for £10m by Homes England in 2017, but has hit controversy from...
Parliamentary inquiry into asbestos riddled schools MPs are set to launch a Parliamentary inquiry into the failure to replace asbestos riddled schools across the UK, which have been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of teachers. ”Questions are being raised about how asbestos is dealt with in the UK, particularly...
A garage door installation company has been fined after failing to manage asbestos during work on a house. They were carrying out work to remove an existing integrated garage door to replace with a new one. The workers has removed old fittings from the side of the garage door with...
As an employer, you must protect your workers from the health risks of working with display screen equipment (DSE), such as PC’s, laptops, tablets and smartphones. The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations apply to workers who use DSE daily, for an hour or more at a time. Incorrect...
Disturbed asbestos during dismantling of large industrial oven An investigation by the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) found that prior to demolition works starting, no risk assessment, plan of work or demolition survey had been carried out. A full survey was carried out which confirmed asbestos containing materials (ACM’s) to...
Failure to manage asbestos A latest press release from the HSE (Health and Safety Executive) reveals safety failings during a refurbishment of a former office block. An investigation by the HSE found that an asbestos survey had been carried out, but was not passed onto the construction company prior to...
A contractor carrying out refurbishment work at a hotel in South Shields, and the client company who arranged this work, were sentenced after workers disturbed asbestos. Workers from RJW Building Solutions Ltd were refurbishing the bar area at the Sea Hotel in September and October 2018, when they disturbed asbestos....
A local restaurant owner has been fined after asbestos was disturbed during the conversion of rooms above the restaurant into flats, in Essex. Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard that during September 2016, above Marco Polo restaurant on Lower Southend Road, Wickford, asbestos insulation board (AIB) was removed and broken up, which...
The proprietor of a set of lock up garages in Wigston, Leicestershire has been sentenced for asbestos related offences. In March and April 2016, Paul Whitaker used a powered jet-wash to clean asbestos cement roof sheets, which spread the asbestos over a number of domestic gardens. The power of the...
