ASBESTOS deaths are set to reach a record high in the next six years, it has been warned. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said because of the 30- to 40-year delay – where the substance is in the body but not causing harmful effects – more lives could be claimed in the coming…
A Portsmouth demolition firm faced criminal charges in court today (31 March) after stripping more than 50 metres of potentially-deadly asbestos board without a license and potentially putting workers at risk. James Site Services Ltd, of Cosham, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after Inspectors carried out a routine visit to a…
Fit-out and refurbishment specialist Piperhill Construction Ltd has been fined £8,000 for stripping out asbestos without a licence. On 25 August 2011, while carrying out refurbishment work, Piperhill Construction removed asbestos insulating board (AIB) from the stairwells of Kilbroney House, a 14 storey apartment block in east Belfast managed by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.…
A building contractor has been fined £50,000 for ignoring asbestos safety rules after discovering the lethal material in the basement of Surrey school. Buxton Building Contractors Ltd was carrying out refurbishment work at the independent Woldingham girls’ school in Caterham in 2011. It had commissioned a specialist survey to identify the presence of asbestos…