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 […]
Local restaurant owner fined after disturbance of 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 […]
Asbestos failings lead to Landlord of lock up garages being fined
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 […]
Annual workplace fatality figures released by the HSE
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual figures for work-related fatal injuries for 2018/19, as well as the number of people known to have died from the […]
Cases of illegal asbestos dumping on the rise
The country has seen numerous cases of illegally dumped asbestos waste rise in the last few months so we asked ourselves, ‘why is it happening so often?’. The first case […]
NHS Trust sentenced after employees and contractors exposed to Asbestos during refurbishment works
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has been fined after refurbishment work undertaken in an accommodation block at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital exposed Trust employees and contractors to asbestos. Telford Magistrates’ […]
Teachers & pupils face killer in class
More than 200 teachers have died in the past 10 years from the effects of being exposed to asbestos. And for each teacher fatality, nine ex-pupils can also be expected […]
Asbestos Awareness and Sampling Course – Chelmsford, Essex
bSure Testing are hosting another one of their fantastic courses this month near their head office in Chelmsford, Essex this month. A one day public course, providing asbestos awareness and […]
Hoteliers fined
A Devon based hoteliers has today been sentenced after asbestos containing materials (ACM) were disturbed during a major refurbishment at The Park Hotel in Barnstaple. The project aimed to refit […]
12 tonnes of asbestos dumped in Fens sparks safety fears among residents
Residents of Cambridgeshire have voiced their concerns over 12 tonnes of asbestos that was dumped beside a remote fenland riverbank. It is expected that the clean-up operation will run into […]