Newsletter August 2017
Construction Fatalities Update
We note that construction worker fatalities dropped significantly in the year end to March 2017 reaching an all-time low. This is great news. However there were 30 fatalities across construction during 2016/17 and, according to the HSE, this is the lowest on record.
Continue reading Construction Fatalities Update article on our website.
Event: Customer Workshop - 20th September
Once again Ai Solutions are offering a free workshop for our ToolKit CS customers and users on Wednesday 20th September 2017, 9:30-1pm at our offices in Leighton Buzzard. As usual this type of event is specifically designed to support and help our customers. We have always had excellent feedback from these types of event in the past and look forward to meeting our end users. For this workshop we will be focusing on showing our new development of ToolKit CS and giving end users the opportunity to 'try out' new features.
Continue reading about the Customer Workshop on 20th September.
Hospital Asbestos 'a ticking time bomb'
An interesting article from the BBC regarding asbestos in hospitals states that 94% of hospitals in London contain asbestos, what does this mean for the rest of the country?
Doctor Peter Szlosarek, consultant oncologist at Barts Hospital, who is studying mesothelioma, has highlighted the following facts... Continue reading Hospital Asbestos 'a ticking time bomb' article on our website.
Local Schools Closed Due to Asbestos
Close to home we have read that two schools in Shefford have been closed due to Asbestos contamination. Nearby demolition work has caused issues regarding the safety of the environment.
Continue reading Local Schools Closed Due to Asbestos article on our website.
More Information
More Health and Safety News can be found on our Blog which is updated regularly.
If you would like an informal chat with us, or to find out further information, please give a member of the team a call on 01525 850080 or email us on [email protected]
We regularly receive updates from our customers and contacts about changes to legislation, the latest rumours and so on. We try to be selective with what we pass on and acknowledge our sources as appropriate. If you have information of general interest in the Health & Safety, and particularly, CDM and Asbestos Management arena, then please let us know.