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Stuart Pearce, ex professional footballer and current manager of Nottingham Forest Football Club has recently revealed that he could have breathed in deadly asbestos dust in his early days playing football whilst working part time as an electrician. He was an electrician for 4 years in the early 1980’s and has revealed his potential exposure […]
Read the full article | Published Feb 03, 2015
Asbestos is not just a problem in the construction or building industry, asbestos is also present and used in shipbuilding. Asbestos is still present onboard various ships and continues to be a huge problem for health and safety, especially during the demolition of ships. Although asbestos was banned in 2000, asbestos containing materials (ACM’s) are […]
Read the full article | Published Feb 02, 2015
Asbestos is not only a problem for industrial units, any residential building constructed prior to the year 2000 is likely to contain asbestos. If this applies to you, then even the smallest amount of DIY or rennovations could cause serious implications to your health. If asbestos is present in your home and you disturb it […]
Read the full article | Published Jan 30, 2015
Work carried out for North Devon Homes has put 2 workers from Pilkington Plumbing and Heating Ltd at risk of asbestos exposure when they began works carrying out boiler renovations without a full asbestos survey. The employees were allowed to carry out back boiler removal and to drill a wall panel after the contractors began […]
Read the full article | Published Jan 29, 2015
Asbestos Management Surveys in Bury Armco provide asbestos management surveys in Bury and across the UK. Asbestos Management Surveys are imperative to commercial property and business owners in properties build before the year 2000. An Asbestos Management Survey is a legal obligation if you are responsible for maintaining a property. The Control of Asbestos regulations […]
Read the full article | Published Jan 28, 2015
Exposure to asbestos has lead to the death of 79 year old woman. The former factory worker died at Summerville nursing home in Grappenham, following 3 years exposure to asbestos fibres. Veronica Barlow worked at Turner Brothers’ manufacturing site in Greater Manchester from 1956-1959 operating machinery. Mrs Barlow said that she “used to be able […]
Read the full article | Published Jan 27, 2015
Victims of Asbestos related illness are usually employees that have suffered through the negligence if their employers. Asbestos is a lethal material and exposure to its fibres can be deadly. It is possible to control asbestos and exposure to it with various training and surveying by trained professionals but still people do not follow legislation […]
Read the full article | Published Jan 26, 2015
The importance of Asbestos Management Surveys has again emerged from the news of a businessman in Colwyn Bay being fined for not adhering to legislation from the HSE (Health and Safety executive), and causing the spread of the harmful material. Peter Rees owned a business unit on the Mochdre Business Park and had plans to […]
Read the full article | Published Jan 23, 2015
Asbestos refurbishment demolition surveys in Bury At Armco we provide Asbestos refurbishment demolition surveys in Bury and across the UK. There were large amounts of Asbestos used for construction purposes in new and refurbished building up until the year 1999 when Asbestos was banned. If you are planning any minor or major refurbishment, for example, […]
Read the full article | Published Jan 22, 2015
The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) have recently published a bunch of statistics giving an insight into the effect that certain things have on workers. One of the things mentioned is Asbestos which is now according to this website killing over 5,000 people a year. That is a worrying amount of people, and even more worrying […]
Read the full article | Published Nov 03, 2014
