The Asbestos ACOP


The ACOP, Managing and working with asbestos, is available to download from the HSE website (www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l143.pdf). The HSE says that an average of 20 tradespeople die every week from asbestos-related diseases and that an HSE-commissioned survey found that tradespeople could come into contact with deadly asbestos on average more than 100 times a year. 


As part of a campaign warning tradespeople including carpenters, painters and decorators and construction workers about the dangers of coming into contact with asbestos, the safety watchdog created a web app for phones, tablets and laptops. This helps them easily identify where they could come into contact with asbestos as they go about their day-to-day work and gives them tailored help on how to deal with the risks. To download the web app see www.beware-asbestos.info/news