An illegal gas fitter has been prosecuted for endangering lives by
undertaking potentially lethal work at a property in Colchester.
Kevin Cook, 55, trading as Team Electric, installed a gas fire at a house in Rowhedge, Colchester, in August 2010, although he was not registered to undertake ga…
A Teesside council has been fined for putting workers at risk of exposure to asbestos during clearance work of premises in Stockton prior to demolition.
Stockton on Tees Borough Council acquired the Music and Drama Club in Buchanan Street and decided to demolish it as part of a regeneration proje…
GKN Aerospace Services Ltd. and Lybrook Constructors Ltd., trading as DL Group, have been prosecuted after construction workers were exposed to asbestos at GKN's premises in Yeovil.
DL Group was engaged by GKN Aerospace Services Ltd on 17 June 2010 to remove ceiling tiles within its treatment fac…
There have been several recent prosecutions of employers who have not effectively protected their employees and/or members of the public from asbestos:
A licensed asbestos removal contractor has been fined for putting its workers at risk of exposure to the dangerous substance during a refurbishment project in Warwickshire.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted AG&M Ltd. for failing to properly maintain a decontamination unit and respi…
Potentially deadly asbestos fibres were spread in part of a shop by unqualified workmen and left on the premises for three weeks.
In a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), on 13 June, Cardiff Magistrates heard that Timberwise (UK) Ltd., a national company specialising in damp and…
An estate management director, from Brighton, has been fined after failing to manage the spread of asbestos during the demolition of a building.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Brian Marshall, 44, managing director of Supply on Demand Ltd, for breaching asbestos safety regulation…
Workmen carrying out a refurbishment at a Devon pub were exposed to deadly asbestos dust and then asked by their site manager to remove it without adequate protection.
The incident happened at the Three Crowns pub in Chagford, Dartmoor in January 2010, when the refurbishment was being carried out…
On 11 June 2012, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served two Improvement Notices at a second Edinburgh company as part of its ongoing Legionella investigation.
The Improvement Notices served on Macfarlan Smith Ltd., Wheatfield Road, Gorgie, Edinburgh require thorough cleaning of one of …
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has today served an Improvement Notice on an Edinburgh company for alleged failures to adequately control the risk of legionella in a cooling tower.
The Improvement Notice served on North British Distillery Company Ltd. refers to one cooling tower at Whea…
A self-employed builder has been fined for demolishing a building without first carrying out an asbestos survey.
Stuart Pearson, of Verwood, Dorset, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at Guildford Magistrates' Court for breaching the Control of Asbestos Regulations between 20…
A family was exposed to deadly carbon monoxide fumes after building work on a chimney caused a blockage in a flue.
Builder Wayne Marshall had been engaged to carry out repairs to a joint chimney by householders at a property in Dulais Road, Seven Sisters in March 2010, but left an amount of rub…
An Edmonton-based recycling company has been fined for failing to protect employees working with lead.
Metal and Waste Recycling Ltd., of Albert Works, Kenninghall Rd, Edmonton had bought and was stripping some lead-sheathed copper cabling from British Telecom (BT) after the network began to be…
A Cornish company has been prosecuted after using unqualified staff to screen the health of workers from dozens of other organisations.
Audio Medical Services Ltd. (AMS) carried out tests inadequately for 59 companies over a period of at least four years across the UK. The company failed to provi…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced that its cost recovery scheme, Fee For Intervention (FFI), is going ahead but will now not start in April 2012.
The scheme sets out to recover costs from those who break health and safety laws for the time and effort HSE spends on helping to put…
Smokers are today being reminded to pick up an NHS Quit Kit to help them stop smoking.
The NHS Quit Kit, which is available free from thousands of pharmacies across England, was developed by experts, smokers and ex-smokers, and contains practical tools and advice to help smokers quit smoking for …
The ten most popular articles or pages on HealthSafetyNews.co.uk over the last 30 days have been:
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.
Between 15 and 25 January 2010 PHH Environmental (UK) Ltd was commissioned to produce an asbestos survey on the soon to be demolished Old Cast…
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have added twenty substances to the candidate list. Companies manufacturing or importing these substances, or articles containing the substances, need to check whether they have any obligations which result from the listing.
The list now contains seventy-three s…
Did you know that every week in the UK, on average...