Asbestos can be found in any building built before the year 2000 and it causes around 5,000 deaths every year.
HSE publish revised version of an asbestos publication.
The new edition of ‘Asbestos: The Analysts’ Guide’ (HSG248) provides clarification on technical and personal safety issues, especially in relation to sampling and 4-stage clearances. New information on sampling soils for asbestos is also included.
When employing a young person under the age of 18, employers have the same responsibilities for their health, safety and welfare as they do for other employees.
Young people are more likely to be new to the workplace and could be facing unfamiliar risks. Workers are as likely to have an accident in the first six months at a workplace as they are during the whole of the rest of their working life.
See HSE Guidance to assist young people and those employing them understand their responsibilities.
This guidance builds on the necessity to identify and act in poorly ventilated areas. It includes factors to consider as part of an assessment to provide sufficient ventilation for reducing the risk from aerosol transmission.
Areas covered in the expanded guidance include air cleaning and filtration units, and ventilation in vehicles.
- Natural ventilation which relies on passive air flow through windows, doors and air vents that can be fully or partially opened
- Mechanical ventilation using fans and ducts to bring in fresh air from outside, or
- A combination of natural and mechanical ventilation, for example where mechanical ventilation relies on natural ventilation to maximise fresh air
Read the updated guidance and find out how you can provide adequate ventilation in your workplace, helping to protect workers and other people from transmission of coronavirus