THE “hidden killer” which has claimed the lives of more than 100 York men is the subject of a new information campaign by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
NEARLY 300 people have died from mesothelioma across South Cumbria, new figures have revealed. According to figures from the Health and Safety Executive, (HSE) 197 people in Barrow, 42 people in Copeland and 59 people in South Lakeland have died from …
The Health and Safety Executive said every week across Britain about 20 tradesmen die from asbestos-related diseases and the numbers are rising. The HSE said plumbers, joiners and electricians were most at risk. Mesothelioma, caused by breathing in …
Two businesses and a company director have been fined after workers in Manchester were exposed to potentially deadly asbestos fibres. The prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) comes just days before the launch of a national £1.2 million campaign to increase awareness about asbestos among tradespeople.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) expressed its deep disappointment at a decision by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to uphold a complaint about its ‘Asbestos: The hidden killer’ awareness campaign. The ASA has upheld one complaint from a single source challenging HSE on the numbers of workers it quoted as dying as a result of exposure to asbestos fibres.
