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Ian has worked on both the asbestos consultancy and asbestos removal sides of the industry. The current Chairman of ATAC is Andrew Jackson who has been in the industry for nearly two decades, he also is the managing director of an asbestos and statutory compliance consultancy (Acorn Analytical Services Ltd).
The register was established in response to the Government’s October 2010 report on 'Common Sense, Common Safety', which recommended that all health and safety consultants should be accredited to professional bodies and a web-based directory established.
Breach of the health and safety regulations is a crime throughout the UK. In England and Wales contravention is punishable on summary conviction or on indictment with an unlimited fine. [ 4 ] Both individuals and corporations can be punished, [ 5 ] and sentencing practice is published by the Sentencing Guidelines Council .
Tolley's Health and Safety at Work Handbook 2008. London: Butterworths. ISBN 978-0-7545-3318-4. Health and Safety Executive (2003). COSHH essentials: Easy steps to control chemicals. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (HSG193) (2nd ed.). London: HSE books. ISBN 0-7176-2737-3. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020
On 9 June 2009 a company in Swansea, Val Inco Europe Ltd, pleaded guilty to four charges under the Control of Asbestos Regulations and were fined £12,000 and ordered to pay £28,000 costs. The charges were in relation to work carried out by a contractor, A-Weld, on a furnace at the companies premises. [5]
Johnson & Johnson is facing lawsuits from more than 62,000 claimants, who have alleged that the company’s baby powder and other talc products were contaminated with asbestos and caused ovarian ...
The HSE was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, and has since absorbed earlier regulatory bodies such as the Factory Inspectorate and the Railway Inspectorate though the Railway Inspectorate was transferred to the Office of Rail and Road in April 2006. [3] The HSE is sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions.
In 1976 it established a scaffolding division [5] and in the late 1970s it developed asbestos-free products such that by 1980 it had become the world's foremost supplier of asbestos-free protection and insulation board. [6] Although it had a full listing during the 1980s it was at that time 67.3% owned by Charter Consolidated plc. [6]