Asbestos

Asbestos can be found in any building built before the year 2000, including houses, factories, offices, schools or hospitals, and causes around 5000 deaths every year in the UK.

Asbestos FAQs - HSE GB

Online forms

Please use the following forms to notify us of non-licensed work with asbestos or licensed asbestos removal:

Notification of notifiable non-licensed work with asbestos (NNLW)
Notification of licensed asbestos removal

Articles

Appointed doctors
Asbestos - hidden killer
Asbestos Liaison Group (ALG)
Asbestos surveys - what you need to know
Duty to manage asbestos
Employers - Medical surveillance for asbestos work
Managing and working with asbestos
Online forms
Safe maintenance - hazards

Related to Asbestos

Most recent publications

Questions and answers - Asbestos containing gauzes in Northern Ireland schools

11 September 2018

Licensed contractor new handover form

13 March 2018

See related publications

Most recent news items

Covid-19: Safety Guidance from the Construction Employers Federation NI (CEFNI) Taskforce

27 April 2020

Company and director fined after failing to manage Asbestos safely at Co Armagh former factory site

13 February 2020

Access to information

How to request information from the Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme.