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Our collection of asbestos related news and blog articles

Are schools making the most of the holidays? As the summer break looms, is your school making the most of the empty buildings on getting to grips with their asbestos management plans? When we think of where asbestos might be in the UK, we picture garages/farm buildings/office blocks and pre-fab...

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...

“the estate agent suggested we just take up the tiles and store them outside – because we can move them if we don’t break them up right?” The homeowner should have been told; “You can’t tell if tiles contain asbestos just by looking at them, so you should have them...

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...

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...

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...

Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, employers are required to assess risks including those that arise from seating in the workplace, and to have arrangements in place to protect employees’ health and safety. Why is seating so important? Most jobs nowadays require people to sit...

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...

If you’re planning some renovation or thinking of selling your property, has anyone mentioned ‘Asbestos’? Did you know asbestos was used in construction of some domestic buildings right up to 2002? It was banned from import from 2000 after its health risks were confirmed; however was still out there so...