A food company and their contractor have been fined after asbestos was disturbed during building work and only identified by chance when an asbestos removal contractor attended site. Stafford Crown Court heard no asbestos survey had been carried out by Mizkan Euro Ltd or D
An employee exposed his workers to asbestos fibres during the refurbishment of a social club in Ashington, Northumberland. An employee exposed his workers to asbestos fibres during the refurbishment of a social club in Ashington, Northumberland. Mid and South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court heard how
A delivery driver who illegally dumped packaging and cardboard has been told to pay more than £1,700 after being caught. A delivery driver who illegally dumped packaging and cardboard has been told to pay more than £1,700 after being caught. Norman Gillespie, 50, from Stapenhill,
A Royal Navy veteran who is living with incurable cancer says he is waiting to hear if he will get any compensation. Fred Minall, 74, of Northampton, said he was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October after working with asbestos as a naval engineer from 1958
Overall rates of asbestos-related cancers may have slowed, but exposure to the toxic material is increasingly occurring at home, according to a report in the Australian Medical Journal. The report, to be published on Tuesday, said patterns of exposure had changed since the importation and production of asbestos was banned
THREE people from South Devon have died having been exposed to asbestos during their lives. Richard Alan Bridge, 64, of Woodland Park Nursing Home in Torquay, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in August 2015. During his time working as a car mechanic, Richard had been exposed to
A retired Barrow council bricklayer is appealing to his former colleagues to come forward in a bid to find out how and where he was exposed to asbestos. Dennis Pearson, 66, from Stainton, was diagnosed with mesothelioma, which is caused by exposure to asbestos and affects
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The latest top level statistics on work-related ill health, workplace fatalities and injuries, and enforcement in Great Britain. Work related illness; Mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposure; Working days lost; Workplace injuries; Workplace deaths; and The estimated cost of injuries and ill health from
A High Court claim says Jack Briggs returned from work each night covered in the deadly substance A factory worker who came home each night covered in asbestos dust unwittingly poisoned his wife with hugs and kisses according to a High Court claim. Paula Briggs
