HSE warns contractors about asbestos in schools

• Author:
• John Richards

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned local authorities, schools and contractors about the dangers of disturbing asbestos, and their responsibility to ensure correct procedures are in place to manage asbestos in schools. The warning follows a prosecution brought by HSE against two firms and a company director who were sentenced at Northampton Crown Court earlier this month.

In summer 2003, asbestos ceiling tiles at Southfield School, Kettering, were removed as part of work to upg... (405 more words)

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