Asbestos only in buildings? Think again – It’s in the soil too!
Naturally occurring asbestos has been disturbed in a south wicklow quarry and distributed to building sites across wicklow.
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06, 2016
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05, 2016
HBE becomes an IOSH approved training provider
HBE has become an approved IOSH training provider, delivering the popular Managing Safely & Working Safely Courses from our offices in Dublin, Cork & Ennis
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04, 2016
Construction Company fined for safety at height failings
A construction company has been prosecuted by the Health & Safety Executive in Northern Ireland for failing to ensure workers comply with health & safety site procedures relating to safety at Height, after a worker fell through a roof whilst constructing skydecking.
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03, 2016
INAB Laboratory Accreditation
INAB & UKAS are signed up to a Multilateral Agreement where accredited results from either body are readily accepted by the other.
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02, 2016
HSA publishes inspection plans for Asbestos, Legionella & Working at Height
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has published their 2016 programme of work, which includes the following information about their planned inspection visits: Asbestos and legionella Over the year, there are 685 inspections scheduled, covering Asbestos, biological agents such as Legionella bacteria, chemical agents, carcinogens, information in the supply chain (safety data sheets and chemical
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02, 2016
The challenges around Asbestos removal project management
Asbestos removal still presents significant challenges and at the Northern Ireland Safety Group meeting on the 15th February, seasoned speaker, Austin O'Hare from HBE, will share some examples of when he has had to handle the unexpected during an Asbestos Removal Project, including climbing church towers, working around staff refusing to leave a soon-to-be contaminated
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01, 2016
Consulting Firm fined for Asbestos survey & Management failings
A consulting company has been fined £30,000, plus costs of £564, at Antrim Crown Court for three health and safety breaches that resulted in two construction workers being exposed to asbestos. The sentencing comes after a Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) investigation into how a joiner and his colleague were exposed to
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01, 2016
HBE approved to deliver BOHS P901 Legionella Courses
HBE is delighted to announce that we have been approved to deliver BOHS P901 Legionella courses across Ireland. As you can imagine, we're pleased to be able to offer the BOHS P901 Legionella - Management and Control of Building Hot and Cold Water Services training as an additional classroom course for our clients. View our
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01, 2016
A New Year and a new UKAS accreditation for HBE
The New Year has started in the best way possible for HBE. We've been awarded the prestigious UKAS 17025 accreditation as an Asbestos Testing Body. We believe this makes HBE the only Irish company to have achieved the UKAS 17020 for Legionella Risk Assessments and Asbestos Surveying and the UKAS 17025 for Asbestos fibre testing.
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01, 2016
Does your building comply with the Disability Act?
The deadline for all public buildings in Ireland to be made "as far as practicable" accessible for those with disabilities passed on 31st December 2015. This was the final deadline for the implementation of section 25 of the Disability Act 2005. The Act provides that all public buildings as at 31 December 2005 must "as
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