At Bournemouth Magistrates’ court today HSE initiated criminal proceedings against Marks and Spencer plc 
and four other companies for asbestos-related breaches during refurbishment work at shops in Reading, Bournemouth and Plymouth.
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- ‘Snow work often good work’ HSE responds
- Load Safety – planning load handling
- Bolton company fined after builder falls to death
- Podcast – Asbestos: The Hidden Killer – behind the scenes
- Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland (PHASS) meeting
- Adventure Activities Licensing Authority – particular importance to Scotland
- Asbestos: The survey guide
- RR771 – Identifying the incidence of electricity-related accidents in Great Britain
- Injured Lancashire farmer backs safety campaign
- Chemicals – PIC eBulletin
- Offshore information sheet – Water deluge systems
- Livestock handling case studies
- Notification of Conventional Tower Cranes Regulations
- Bristol landlord fined for asbestos exposure
- Helicopter Liaison Group meeting papers
- Stress – Business solution case studies
- RR763 – The development of a web-enabled framework for probabilistic exposure assessments
- Carbon monoxide – will you wake up?
- Optical radiation consultation – time is running out to have your say
- Company fined £90,000 after man dies at Heathrow airport
- Agenda for the 17th AFAG meeting
- RR770 – A small survey of exposure to stainless steel welding fume
- Farms – ‘People are still dying’
- Edinburgh construction firm fined
- Keeping alive – a new year’s resolution for farmers in Wales
- RR766 – Whole-body vibration and ergonomics of driving occupations
- SEVESO – eBulletin service
- £100,000 fine after disabled teenager fatally scalded
- Violence at work – statistics
- HSE Board Agenda for 27 January 2010
- Cleaning Industry Newsletter
- Rosi Edwards puts the record straight
- Waste management additional case studies
- Abstract of decided case: Chilcott v Thermal Transfer Limited
- Review and revision of COMAH safety reports
- Communications job vacancy details
- HSE South West Regional Director responds to Bristol Evening Post
- Load safety initiative
- Free event – Low noise and vibration equipment for European markets
- New guidance for local authorities to help improve health and safety in the waste and recycling sector
- TEXIAC agenda and minutes
- Underlying Causes of Offshore Incidents
- Vehicle spot checks drive new load safety campaign
- Safety Alert Workshop speech
- Electric profiling beds in residential and nursing homes
- Guidance for awarding bodies offering an accredited qualification in Emergency First Aid at Work
- Aviation company fined £2,400 after painter fall
- Putting the record straight
- Carbon Monoxide – advice for students
- Waste services – LA procurement and management guidance
- HELA agenda and papers
- Diving show dates for 2010
- Docks consultation extended
- Caravan safety awareness days for SW tourist industry
- ALG Meeting Agenda – 21 January 2010
- ALG IAM Sub Committee Meeting Notes – 22 December 2009
- Gritting pavements – IOSH put the record straight
- ALG Meeting Minutes – 3 November 2009
- £80,000 fine following young man’s crush death
- BAE systems fined after explosion kills Lancashire worker
- Keeping alive – a new year’s resolution for farmers in the East of England
- Latest REACH e-Bulletin
- Low noise and vibration equipment for European markets event
- iosh 10: Making the case for health and safety
- Collapse of East London building leads to £10,000 fine
- Prosecution launched against high street retailer
- HSE Chair interviewed on BBC Radio 4
- Scotland events
- Working with COPFS and the Police in Scotland
- Leicester company fined for huge fire risk
- Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee (AIAC) meetings – Agenda, Papers and Minutes
- AIAC Intelligence Gathering Project Group Chair’s Report
- Plastics firm fined after Liverpool worker loses four fingers
- Agriculture Industry Advisory Committee Agenda 3 February 2010
- Keeping alive – a new year’s resolution for farmers
- Low noise and vibration equipment for European markets
- Printing Industry Advisory Committee (PIAC) meetings – Agenda and Minutes
- The Seveso II Directive – website
- Latest Stress e-Bulletin
- Will you wake up? – Guidance for students using gas appliances in rented accommodation
- Company fined £4,500 after telehandler overturns injuring worker
- New health and safety boss for Cumbria
- Free – LEV Road shows
- Chemicals – Prior Informed Consent (PIC)
- Minutes of the sixteenth SACGM(CU) Meeting, 18th March 2009
- North East employers asked to make New Year safety resolution
- Builder fined for using dangerous scaffolding
- Firm fined £16,000 after worker’s 5-metre plunge
- COMAH – revised website
- West Yorkshire employers – make New Year safety resolution
- WATCH Meeting Minutes – 12 June 2009
- HSE Scotland – Working with the Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance
- South East employers asked to make New Year safety resolution
- Cheshire oil worker paralysed
- South Yorkshire employers - make New Year safety resolution
- East Midlands employers asked to make New Year safety resolution
- Agenda and papers for the 15th PHASS Meeting on 9th December 2009
- £280k fine after Cheshire oil worker is paralysed
- South Yorkshire employers – make New Year safety resolution
- Myth: It’s ok to get a general handyman to work on gas appliances
- London employers asked to make New Year safety resolution
- North Yorkshire employers - make New Year safety resolution
- HSE investigates explosion in Shrewsbury town centre
- North Yorkshire employers – make New Year safety resolution
- 2009