Respiratory equipment must be worn Safety overalls must be worn Cancer White asbestos (Chrysole) Blue asbestos (Crocidolite) Brown asbestos (Amosite) 1960 Ship Building and Ship Repairing Regulaons 1931 Asbestos Industry Regulaons 1999 Asbestos (Prohibions) (Amendment) Regulaons Final comprehensive ban on asbestos 1969 Asbestos Regulaons in the UK 1983 Asbestos (Licensing) Regulaons 1985 Asbestos (Prohibions) Regulaons 1987 Control of Asbestos at Work Regulaons 1988 Asbestos (Prohibions) (Amendment) Regulaons 1998 Asbestos (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulaons Control of Asbestos at Work (Amendment) Regulaons 1992 Control of Asbestos at Work (Amendment) Regulaons Asbestos (Prohibions) Regulaons replaced the 1985 Regulaons 2010 Merchant Shipping & Fishing Vessels (Health & Safety at Work) (Asbestos) Regulaons 2010 2002 Introduces Duty to Manage inrecognion of the failure of employers to safely manage asbestos 1906 First documented asbestos related death 1924 Nellie Kershaw, English texle worker, first published medical case of asbestosis 1930 Merewether Report 1967 UK imports of asbestos peaked Mesothelioma Register and Asbestosis Registers established 1994 Stascal Supplement to the Annual Report of the HSC 1972 First successful personal injury claim 1965 Newhouse 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 1968 Brish Occupaonal Hygiene Society proposed safety limit 1970 Voluntary ban on UK imports of raw crocidolite (blue asbestos) Asbestos workers morbidity and mortality survey established 1995 Professor Julian Peto et al. report published showing asbestos deaths were increasing at an alarming rate. 25% of deaths were away from manufacturing industries ie carpenters, plumbers and other trades 1996 Robin Howie et al release a report showing RPE supplied for protecon against asbestos was vastly inferior to manufacturers claims when used in the ‘real’ world 1999 Dangerous Substances Direcve (EC) Amended 2006 Control of Asbestos Regulaons Introducon of the Compensaon Act 2006 Barker v Corus case 2011 Supreme Court – Diane Willmore and Enid Costello 2012 Supreme Court 1980 Voluntary ban on UK imports of raw amosite (brown asbestos) WWW.SILVERDELL.PLC.UK/INDUSTRY-RESOURCES THE HISTORY OF ASBESTOS IN THE UK – THE STORY SO FAR... ASBESTOS USES AND REGULATIONS TIMELINE © Copyright 2012 Silverdell Plc. This work is licensed under the Creave Commons Aribuon- NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. 2002 Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services case Respiratory equipment must be worn Safety overalls must be worn
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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)
WWW.SILVERDELL.PLC.UK/INDUSTRY-RESOURCES
THE HISTORY OF ASBESTOS IN THE UK – THE STORY SO FAR...ASBESTOS USES AND REGULATIONS TIMELINE
© Copyright 2012 Silverdell Plc.This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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