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Woman dies after being exposed to asbestos at work.

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.

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

Businessman fined for asbestos failure in Colwyn Bay.

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

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

Asbestos related deaths top 5,000 HSE statistics show

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