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Asbestos victims need better care says Scottish MP Claire Baker, a Fife Labour MSP says that asbestos victims should be better cared for. She was speaking out following the death of her father one year ago. Her father died from exposure to asbestos. Mrs Baker has recently joined the appeal to do more for asbestos […]
Read the full article | Published Mar 12, 2018
Asbestos disease diagnosis for former Bolton train worker Jeffrey Smith aged 71, who worked as a train maintenance worker at the Horwich Loco Works in Bolton, was diagnosed with an asbestos disease in December 2016. He worked at the site from 1962-1972 as an apprentice fitter and turner for British Rail. Mr Smith was diagnosed with […]
Read the full article | Published Mar 05, 2018
Derelict school granted thousands to remove asbestos A derelict school in Nottingham is set to receive hundreds of thousands of pounds to remove asbestos from it’s buildings. Elms Primary school in St Ann’s was built in the 1940’s and closed it’s doors in August 2008. Nottingham City Council contracted a firm to remove asbestos from the school and partially […]
Read the full article | Published Mar 05, 2018
Exposure to asbestos – Companies fined As reported by the HSE, two different companies were recently prosecuted in court after they failed to prevent workers from the risk of exposure to asbestos. Mr Frank Allan of the company known as Jet Blast and Maintenance, was employed by the Carter Brothers Ltd of Rochdale to clean […]
Read the full article | Published Feb 21, 2018
New asbestos regulations 2018 As of 15th February 2018, new asbestos regulations have come into force whereby any licensed asbestos removal contractors should complete a new ‘Handover Form’ on completion of the cleaning of an asbestos enclosure or work area. This form should then be given to the asbestos Analyst before they commence work on […]
Read the full article | Published Feb 20, 2018