Archive for February, 2010
Asbestos Risk – Now and Then!
News that the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has just published a revised guidance on managing asbestos risks, entitled ‘Asbestos: The Survey Guide’, aimed at anyone surveying or removing asbestos from business premises, is a reminder of a former lack of asbestos awareness in the workplace, which still causes so many illnesses and fatalities today.
A Bristol based company has been prosecuted and fined by the Health and Safety Executive for exposing their workers to asbestos whilst working. Frank Bruce & Company Ltd pleaded guilty in Bristol Magistrates in relation to refurbishment work at Lawrence Hill Industrial Park, Bristol in February 2009.
HSE Launch Asbestos Podcast
The Health and Safety Executive have launched their podcast highlighting the dangers of asbestos. In the latest edition 3 apprentice engineers are asked to produce a video to highlight the dangers of asbestos for young people.
WE, The Solicitors of Last Resort
Mesothelioma Victims who are unhappy with the way mesothelioma cases have been dealt with by their current or former solicitor have in the last few months contacted John Green (Associate at WE Solicitors) to take over the litigation.
Pleural Plaques Update
Nearly three years on from the now infamous House of Lords decision in 2007 victims with pleural plaques are still unable to claim for compensation. There have been numerous false dawns with the Government always just on the verge of a decision only for it not to be made.