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HSE Launches Search for Acts and Messages of Kindness Towards Britain’s Builders
Members of the public are being encouraged to share messages and acts of kindness for those working in the construction industry, in the run-up to Valentine’s Day.Using b
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Safer Logistics to Ask the Awkward Questions
PRESS RELEASE: from the Health & Safety Event 06.02.19HGV drivers can face sleep, fatigue, drug, and alcohol problems among a wide range of driver health issues. Safer Lo
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Company fined after asbestos containing materials were released
A Glasgow based building contractor has been fined after an employee used a powered saw to cut through a kitchen cupboard door, accidentally releasing asbestos containing
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Unlicensed Contractor Fined for Exposing Workers to Asbestos
A Norwich based construction company has been sentenced today for carrying out unlicensed asbestos cleaning work.Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard how the company began a
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Council fined after workers exposed to asbestos
Kent County Council (KCC) has today been fined £200,000 after asbestos was disturbed at Lansdowne Primary School.Canterbury Crown Court heard how, on 6 November 2014, an
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Company fined following asbestos exposure during maintenance work
A wood processing company has been fined after unsafe asbestos work was carried out at its premises in in Macclesfield.Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court heard how
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Peterborough company fined for failing to undertake asbestos assessment
A property management company has today been sentenced after failing to carry out an asbestos survey prior to undertaking extensive refurbishment works.Huntingdon Magistr
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Fines for trio following asbestos failures
9th July 2018Three directors of a now-liquidated waste management company have been sentenced after a series of “appalling” failures, exposing the public and the environm
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HSE releases annual workplace fatality figures
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today released its annual figures for work-related fatal injuries for 2017/18, as well as the number of people known to have die
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