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Wake up for Asbestos Industry - 11-07-2007 |
Asbestos-related disease accounts for over 3,500 deaths each year, creating what is the UK's biggest single cause of work related deaths. Nationally approximately 600 of these deaths each year arise from work with asbestos in the construction industry and allied trades.
A new report which considered whether adequate precautions were being taken to prevent ill health from work with asbestos, has revealed that although the industry collectively had made significant improvements in recent years, there is still room for further advances.
Although standards have improved and the evidence available suggests that the number of deaths will begin to reduce from a predicted peak in 2011, the rate of reduction of incidence is not known. The summit 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.
Samantha Peace, Asbestos Licensing Principal Inspector for the HSE in the East Midlands, said:
"We are determined to work with the industry, and our objective is to convince them that higher standards to protect health are achievable and needed. We will explore how individual licence holders can make those necessary improvements and hence reduce the number of deaths from asbestos related diseases."
Terry Jago, Chief Executive of The Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA), said:
"The main aim of the Asbestos Liaison Group (ALG) has always been to improve standards within the asbestos removal industry. ARCA's Site Audit Accreditation Scheme has also highlighted the need for greater management awareness in this respect. ARCA are therefore delighted that the HSE has taken this initiative."
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