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A company which manufactures and distributes furniture was fined £6,000 for failing to properly assess the risk from exposure to Asbestos containing materials.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that, during an inspection on 6 August 2014, concerns were raised by a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspector about significant damage to what appeared to be asbestos containing materials which were encasing the structural columns and beams of the premises.
An investigation by HSE found that Aquapac Limited failed to properly assess the risks to employees’ exposure to asbestos containing materials and failed to take measures necessary to protect employees from exposure to asbestos. The investigation also found that the company failed to ensure that anyone working on the premises was aware of the presence of the material (to make sure that it was not disturbed and to deal with any inadvertent disturbance to prevent the spread of asbestos fibres).
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A passerby who spotted a plume of vapor alerted authorities at about 7:20 a.m. today and that led to a discovery that about 2,500 gallons of hydrochloric acid had leaked out of a tanker truck at the Predator Trucking Co.The company and U.S. Route 422 in front of the company were back open at about 11:20 a.m. today as the Ohio Environmental Pr...
The Federal Environment Ministry (BMU) and the German Chemical Industry (VCI) are working rigorously to bring their joint human biomonitoring project to fruition. This project has been ongoing since 2010, and is aimed at creating new methods that will allow for more chemicals than before to be measured in the human organism. Under the project, the ...
In March of this year, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published Preventing Hearing Loss Caused by Chemical (Ototoxicity) and Noise Exposure.The advisory bulletin shared information about protecting workers from exposure to certain chemicals, called ototo...
When an item is physically small, it may not convey the impact it has on the world. Paper receipts are small slips that carry with them vast environmental costs and can pose risks to our health through direct contact.Extraction and use of these resources take a toll on the climate. Every year in the United States, production of paper receipts uses ...
At least 50 children in Johnson County have been diagnosed with rare forms of blood and brain cancer in the last 10 years. Nearly half of them in just one town: Franklin, Ind. Until now, the contamination believed to be a contributing factor if not a cause has been little more than speculated. But on Monday, results from first-time testin...
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