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Asbestos Analyst Guilty of Falsifying Asbestos Tests
30 Mar 2017, 2:24 p.m.
An asbestos analyst, Barrie Lyons, has pleaded guilty to breaching the Health And Safety At Work Act 1974 after he falsified test results which put people at risk of being exposed to asbestos.
Exposure to asbestos fibres and dust puts people at risk of developing asbestos related conditions including mesothelioma, …
read moreBury Demolition Contractor Jailed Over Asbestos Exposure.
30 Mar 2017, 1:49 p.m.
David Briggs of Briggs Demolition has been sent to prison for 24 weeks by Manchester Magistrates in January 2017 after he pleaded guilty to breaching The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. He had illegally removed asbestos from a building site …
read moreTurner and Newall Asbestos Update.
30 Mar 2017, 1:41 p.m.
The T & N Asbestos Trustee Company Limited was established to administer payments from the T & N Employers Liability Trust and the T & N UK Asbestos Trust. These trusts make payments to people who have been exposed to asbestos fibres by one of the Turner and Newall Companies …
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