A joinery firm in Middlesbrough has been fined £10,000 after an unannounced visit by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) two years ago found multiple health and safety breaches.

A Norfolk woodworking company has been fined for failing to control its employees’ exposure to wood dust.

HSE has launched a campaign aimed at the construction industry to prevent lung disease as a result of dust at work.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will target construction sites during a month-long respiratory health campaign in June.

A real-time silica dust detection system for workers operating in hazardous environments is the first of its kind, its manufacturers claim.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is to target construction firms with a month-long campaign to check that measures to protect workers from dust are up to scratch, starting on Monday 4 October.