silverdell plc the history of asbestos in the uk the story so far
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Respiratory equipmentmust be worn
Safety overallsmust be worn
Cancer
White asbestos(Chrysotile)
Blue asbestos(Crocidolite)
Brown asbestos(Amosite)
1960Ship Building and ShipRepairing Regulations
1931Asbestos IndustryRegulations
1999Asbestos (Prohibitions)
(Amendment) RegulationsFinal comprehensive
ban on asbestos
1969Asbestos Regulationsin the UK
1983Asbestos (Licensing)
Regulations
1985Asbestos (Prohibitions)
Regulations
1987Control of Asbestos at Work
Regulations
1988Asbestos (Prohibitions)(Amendment) Regulations
1998Asbestos (Licensing)
(Amendment) RegulationsControl of Asbestos at Work
(Amendment) Regulations
1992Control of Asbestos at Work (Amendment) Regulations
Asbestos (Prohibitions) Regulations replacedthe 1985 Regulations
2010Merchant Shipping & Fishing Vessels
(Health & Safety at Work) (Asbestos) Regulations 2010
2002Introduces Duty to Manageinrecognition of the failureof employers to safely manage asbestos
1906First documented asbestos relateddeath
1924Nellie Kershaw, Englishtextile worker, firstpublished medical caseof asbestosis
1930Merewether Report
1967UK imports of asbestos peakedMesothelioma Register andAsbestosis Registers established
1994Statistical Supplement to the
Annual Report of the HSC
1972First successful personalinjury claim
1965Newhouse and Thompson Publish ‘Mesothelioma Of Pleura And Peritoneum Following ExposureTo Asbestos In The London Area’ establishing the link between cancers and asbestos deaths away
from manufacturing processes
1968British Occupational
Hygiene Societyproposed safety
limit
1970Voluntary ban on UK imports ofraw crocidolite (blue asbestos)Asbestos workers morbidity andmortality survey established
1995Professor Julian Peto et al. report
published showing asbestos deathswere increasing at an alarming rate.
25% of deaths were away frommanufacturing industries ie
carpenters, plumbers and other trades
1996Robin Howie et al release a reportshowing RPE supplied for protectionagainst asbestos was vastly inferior tomanufacturers claims when used inthe ‘real’ world
1999Dangerous SubstancesDirective (EC) Amended
2006Control of Asbestos RegulationsIntroduction of the Compensation Act
2006Barker v Corus case
2011Supreme Court – Diane Willmoreand Enid Costello
2012Supreme Court
1980Voluntary ban on UK imports of raw amosite (brown asbestos)
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2002Fairchild v GlenhavenFuneral Services case
Respiratory equipmentmust be worn
Safety overallsmust be worn