HSE Campaign: 'Asbestos and You'
Earlier in 2024, the HSE launched their new campaign to keep people safe from future dangers of asbestos, called ‘Asbestos & You’. One of the aims is to improve understanding of what the legal duty to manage asbestos involves.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) wants anyone with responsibilities for buildings to do everything they must do to comply with the law and prevent exposure to this dangerous substance, which was widely used in post-war construction before it was completely banned in 1999.
Any job, any day of the week, can potentially release lethal asbestos fibres. It’s not like dust – you can’t see, smell, or feel the fibres in the air or on your clothes.
Asbestos can be found in any building built or refurbished before the year 2000. Houses built in 50s, 60s and 70s are very likely to include asbestos. It could be in the house or building you are working on right now.
Around 5000 people a year die from past exposure to asbestos, the aim of the HSE is to help tradespeople avoid exposure and the risks that involves.
This HSE video explains the steps you need to know about the duty to manage asbestos in buildings.
Assured Safety Management can assist you in determining whether the building you are currently working in, or undertaking work on its structure, contains asbestos.
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