Archive for the ‘Asbestos Compensation News’ Category
Russia Plays Roulette As Top Asbestos Industry.
Around 100,000 workers die each year from asbestos-related disease. As the world’s top asbestos producer, Russia, with its strong government backing, vies with China and India to be the chief cause of future global epidemics of asbestosis and mesothelioma.
Asbestos Awareness Courses
It often seems that the official attitude to the continuing deadly dangers of asbestos are wholly negative. The highlighting of countless number of long, drawn out cases battling for mesthelioma compensation against former employers, insurers and defendants lawyers belies the good work being carried out by many organisations and concerned groups.
A Cornwall development company, Norwegian Homes Limited, has been fined £4,500 for failing to undertake a survey for the presence of dangerous asbestos fibres when demolishing a Hotel.
A local authority and it’s contractor have been fined after a worker left a family exposed to dangerous asbestos fibres for three days.
HSE Warn Retailers of Asbestos Dangers
During May the HSE have been contacting retailers advising them of their legal responsibilities on asbestos to ensure workers, customers or any contractors are protected from exposure.