Lincoln council failed to move family in 'imminent danger'
City of Lincoln Council has been ordered to pay £22,000 after it allowed an unlicensed contractor to remove asbestos insulation boards at a council property and left a family exposed…
4 Jun 2010

DWP consults on sick workers fund
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation document on the creation of an Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau (ELIB), which would provide compensation for sick workers who…
11 Feb 2010

HSE updates asbestos guidance
The HSE has published revised guidance on managing asbestos risks, which is available to download for free on its website.
2 Feb 2010

Challenge to Scottish pleural plaques law rejected
An insurance industry bid to stop the Scottish Parliament from overturning a 2007 House of Lords decision to end compensation for asbestos-related pleural plaques sufferers has ended in failure.
12 Jan 2010

Developer put workers at risk from asbestos
The HSE has prosecuted a development company for failing to remove asbestos safely during building work at a Cornish hotel.
11 Dec 2009

Second asbestos strike for Edinburgh council
City of Edinburgh Council has landed a £14,000 fine for exposing employees to asbestos. Joiners at the council's Murrayburn Road workshop were cutting viewing panels in doors removed from Castlebrae…
13 Nov 2009

MD and two firms exposed workers to asbestos fibres
A managing director and two businesses have been fined after they exposed workers to potentially lethal asbestos fibres during demolition work in Manchester.
29 Oct 2009

Double conviction for unlicensed asbestos removal
A roofing firm, which was not licensed to remove asbestos, ripped out 3000 square metres of insulating board containing Amosite (brown asbestos) for its client without taking any special measures,…
7 Oct 2009

Contractor forged asbestos licence
A principal contractor and two unlicensed subcontractors have been fined for illegal work with asbestos. One of the firms forged documentation to indicate that the work had been carried out…
8 Sep 2009

HSE to double asbestos inspections
The HSE plans to double inspections of licensed asbestos removal contractors over the next two years
26 Aug 2009

Worker fell through asbestos roof
A Wiltshire building company must pay £17,500 after an employee fell through a roof during demolition work.
20 Aug 2009

Patchy survey failed to spot asbestos
Workers have been exposed to asbestos at a nickel refinery after refurbishment work disturbed thermal insulation containing the fibres, Swansea Magistrates' Court has heard.
7 Aug 2009

Pleural plaques decision delayed
The government's delay in deciding whether compensation should be paid to pleural plaques sufferers has received a mixed reaction from unions and campaigners.
22 Jul 2009

HSE issues new asbestos guide
The HSE has published a new step-by-step guide to locating and managing asbestos in buildings.
8 Jul 2009

Newsagent Martin McColl prosecuted after ignoring notices
Martin McColl, the UK's largest newsagent chain, has been prosecuted for seven breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act after it failed to address a catalogue of problems…
26 May 2009