Two companies have been prosecuted after workers and members of the public were exposed to unacceptable levels of asbestos during a removal project. The Health and Safety Executive took the companies to court, on the 06 October 2009, after an unlicensed contractor carried out the specialist work at a warehouse in Brimsdown, Enfield.
Two companies have been prosecuted after an unlicensed contractor was appointed to remove 3,000m 2 of asbestos insulating board from a warehouse. The Health and Safety Executive took the companies to court on 6 October 2009.
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.
ASA rules against a government agency, the Health and Safety Executive, after complaint about asbestos warning ads A dispute over the number of people expected to die from exposure to asbestos fibres has led the Advertising Standards Authority to uphold a complaint against the Health and Safety Executive. The highly unusual criticism of the government agency focused on a series of radio …
A series of radio adverts aimed at warning of the dangers of asbestos exposure to tradesmen have been banned. The adverts from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) included the line: “Every year there are more people killed by asbestos than in road …
