Marks and Spencer plc has been fined GBP1 million for putting members of the public, staff and construction workers at risk of exposure to asbestos-containing materials during the refurbishment of two stores in Reading and Bournemouth, according to a Health…
Joseph Nadin Ltd paid out GBP49,000 in asbestos-related damages to the family of Ken Hoggett who died of mesothelioma, The Star reports.
Mr. Hoggett, a scaffolder and former D-Day veteran, worked at the Ferrybridge power station when three cooling towers collapsed…
An inquest was told that the death of 68-year-old George Guest, of Chester, Cheshire, England, was related to workplace exposure to asbestos, the Chester Chronicle reports.
Mr. Guest died at the Countess of Chester Hospital in July 2010. The inquest heard…
An inquest at Derby Coroner’s Court heard that the death of David Tivey, a 73-year-old former power station worker who had worked at the Castle Donington plant, was related to workplace exposure to asbestos, the Derby Telegraph reports.
In a post-mortem…
Formac Electronics Ltd, a Bath, England-based company, has been fined after 49-year-old builder Jonathan Arnold was exposed to high levels of asbestos, according to Health and Safety Executive press release dated Sept. 13, 2011.
Mr. Arnold, of Castle Cary, Somerset, England,…
An inquest was told that the death of a certain 73-year-old Mr. Seagrave, a welding technician from Kirky, England, was related to workplace exposure to asbestos, Chad.co.uk reports.
Mr. Seagrave had said in a statement in November 2010 that he came…
An inquest at Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, held Sept. 6, 2011, heard that the death of Graham Butterfield, a teacher, was related to exposure to asbestos, Telegraph & Argus reports.
Mr. Butterfield, who died at the age of 64 in January…
Inquests in York, England, heard that the deaths of two former York Carriageworks employees — Edward Horsman and Harold Abbott – were related to workplace exposure to asbestos, The Press reports.
Mr. Horsman and Mr. Abbott contracted mesothelioma after being repeatedly…
The relatives of Maxmillian Surman, an aircraft employee who worked for Dunlop in Coventry, England, are suing the Company for Mr. Surman’s exposure and subsequent death to exposure to asbestos, the Coventry Telegraph reports.
Mr. Surman, who had lived in Nuneaton,…
A poignant target of 4,000 hours of free asbestos awareness training has been set in a new initiative to help tradesmen across the United Kingdom protect themselves from asbestos, according to a Health and Safety Executive press release dated Sept.…