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Free British Safety Council seminars covering important health and safety policy, management and legal issues. National Motorcycle Museum, Bickenhill 12 – 13 September 2012.

The leaflet is for people who own, manage or have responsibilities for buildings, which may contain asbestos. This includes all non-domestic buildings, whatever the type of business, and the common areas of domestic buildings, eg halls, stairwells, lift shafts, roof spaces. The guidance does not apply to other domestic properties. This leaflet has been revised [...]

Offshore installations built before 1999 can contain asbestos-containing materials (ACMs). The older the installation the more likely that the higher risk materials such as lagging and boarding will be present. Other ACMs liable to be found include: ex…

A self-employed builder has been fined for demolishing a building without first carrying out an asbestos survey.

The leaflet is for people who own, manage or have responsibilities for buildings, which may contain asbestos. This includes all non-domestic buildings, whatever the type of business, and the common areas of domestic buildings, eg halls, stairwells, lif…

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 link to external website came into force on 6 April 2012, in practice the changes are fairly limited. They mean that some types of non-licensed work with asbestos now have additional requirements, i.e. notificat…

A laboratory testing firm has been prosecuted after putting workers at its Tyneside premises at risk of exposure to asbestos.

A demolition firm has been sentenced after knocking down a building in the Lake District containing hundreds of asbestos ceiling tiles, putting the lives of workers and local residents at risk.

Answers to some of your Frequently asked health and safety questions on asbestos.

An Edgware-based construction company and its director have been fined after carrying out unsafe demolition and construction work at a house in Surrey.

This page provides answers to HSE’s commonly asked questions about health and safety,covering such topics as Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR), Personal protective equipment, temperature at work…

The event has been organised by HSE, to promote their IT interactive Asbestos Vocational Learning Package. The e:learning package has been developed by HSE for lecturers to present to apprentices. 20th March 2012, Dryden Centre, Gateshead.

A Cardiff company has been fined for putting the health of demolition workers at risk after a building survey failed to identify the presence of asbestos.

Apprentice tradesmen in the region are set to benefit from a new e-learning package to help them better understand the risks from asbestos. Those who train or take on apprentices are getting the opportunity to find out how they can use the interactive resource, developed by HSE at a free training event on Tuesday 20 [...]

An Ammanford-based knitwear company and a cladding firm site foreman have been fined for putting workers and visitors at risk of exposure to asbestos.

A Redditch freight firm, its managing director and a Birmingham contractor have been prosecuted for putting at least 20 people at risk of lung disease from asbestos fibres.

A property manager from Cardiff has been fined for failing to properly manage the risks from asbestos at one of his premises.

Summary report of the outcome of HSE’s formal statutory consultation to the proposed Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, designed to be read in conjunction with the consultation document CD237.

A building company in Bradford-on-Avon has been fined after it removed an asbestos insulation board (AIB) ceiling in an unsafe manner, leaving workers and residents at risk of exposure to asbestos fibres.

A Kent-based partner of a development company has been prosecuted after dangerous conditions were found at a demolition site in Dover.