Belton Developments, a building contractor from Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, and South Kesteven District Council have been fined after a spread of asbestos during bathroom renovation work at a flat in the town, according to a Health and Safety Executive press…
The widow of James Clark, Battle, Sussex, England-based Brenda Clark, was awarded GBP160,000 in asbestos-related compensation, the Rye & Battle Observer reports.
Mr. Clark died from mesothelioma in 2008. He had worked for Anderson Construction Company in Richmond Road, Twickenham, initially…
Two firms based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, have been fined after a worker fell through a fragile rooflight while removing asbestos at the city’s now-demolished college, according to a Health and Safety Executive press release dated Sept. 6, 2011.
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Birmingham City Council and Solihull Supplies Ltd, a refurbishment firm from Lodge Road, Knowle, Solihull, England, have been sentenced for exposing three men to asbestos during work at William Cowper Community Primary School, Newton, Birmingham, according to a Health and…
Crown Waste Management, which is based on the Pool Road Industrial Estate in Nuneaton, England, has been fined GBP32,000, plus GBP2,174 costs, for failing to dispose of asbestos properly, the Coventry Telegraph reports.
Crown Waste Management pleaded guilty at Coventry Magistrates’…
Azam Bros Ltd, a Hunstanton, Norfolk, England-based company and Mohammed Zahid, a contractor from Manchester, England, have been fined after failing to manage asbestos removal work at a renovation site in Great Yarmouth, according to a Health and Safety Executive…
Two firms from Worcestershire, England, and a contractor from Hall Green have been prosecuted for releasing asbestos fibers during an office refurbishment project in Birmingham city centre, according to a Health and Safety Executive Press release dated Aug. 9, 2011.
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An inquest heard that the death of 77-year-old John Sutcliffe, a former builder from Barrowford, England, was related to workplace exposure to asbestos, The Citizen reports.
The inquest heard that Mr. Sutcliffe came into contact with asbestos sheets every day as…
Lynda Connaughton, the widow of laborer Paddy Connaughton, is appealing for former colleagues’ help in her claim for asbestos compensation, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Mr. Connaughton died at the age of 43 last September 2010 - three months after being…
The Peterborough Coroner’s Court on July 20, 2011, heard that the death of 66-year-old Roy Thomas Marshall, a retired carpenter and joiner, was due to complications that could have been brought on by exposure to asbestos, the Evening Telegraph reports.
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