Construction News reported on 5th February that the Health and Safety Executive, (HSE) is to host an asbestos contractor's leadership summit in Newmarket on 13th February.
The invitation-only summit will call on the asbestos removal industry to make further improvements in reducing ill-health caused by work with asbestos.
Asbestos-related disease accounts for over 3,500 deaths each year, creating what is the UK's biggest single cause of work related deaths. Around 600 of these deaths each year arise from work with asbestos in the construction industry and allied trades.
The summit follows an assessment of the industry's performance which revealed that despite significant improvements in recent years, there is still room for further advances. It aims to encourage individual organisations to determine the further steps that they can take to reduce exposure to asbestos and so lessen the incidence of disease.
To read the full report click on the link below:
http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regions/eastofengland/news/2008/02/hse_hosts_asbestos_leadership_summit.html
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