Duty to manage webinar feedback

Earlier this year, HSE ran a free duty to manage asbestos webinar 

It was great to hear from delegates during the questions and answers session.

We have taken on the feedback to highlight helpful resources to support 3 common themes:

• Identifying who has the duty to manage asbestos and what buildings are covered by the duty to manage asbestos
• What to include in an asbestos register.This is a live document and key part of your asbestos management plan. An example asbestos register and free template to download are also available
• The main aim of an asbestos management survey is to allow you to produce an asbestos register and an asbestos management plan. Our website has information on selecting a competent surveyor, preparing for a survey and understanding your survey report

Through our Asbestos – Your Duty campaign, we have a range of additional resources available to support dutyholders. You can:

• watch our video explaining the steps to the duty to manage asbestos in buildings
• download our digital one pager with all our duty to manage asbestos resources at the click of a button
• view the free recording of the webinar
• listen to the campaign podcast
  
  

Companies fined following asbestos exposure

2 companies have been fined after a teenage worker was exposed to asbestos

The 16-year-old had been working on an outbuilding of a domestic property after the firm he was working for had been hired to refurbish a property.

HSE's investigation found that the companies involved had:

• failed to carry out an asbestos refurbishment and demolition survey of the property, which would have identified the asbestos
• not properly assessed the work and failed to prevent the worker being exposed to asbestos

Read the full press release: Companies fined after 16-year-old worker exposed to asbestos

Checking appointed doctors have a current certificate of appointment

If your employees carry out licensable work with asbestos, you must ensure they are under medical surveillance by a doctor appointed by HSE

If you need an appointed doctor, you can search HSE’s online list of appointed doctors in your area. 

When you have an appointed doctor, you should ask for a copy of their certificate of appointment which contains an expiry date. You should ensure it is in date and check periodically that it remains in date while the appointed doctor is conducting medical surveillance of your employees. 

Further details on appointed doctors can be found on HSE’s website.

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