The Industrial Cases Reports
[2001] ICR 1223
Court of Appeal
Jeromson
v
Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd
Dawson v Cherry Tree Machine Co Ltd and another
[2001] EWCA Civ 100
2001 Jan 16;
Feb 2
Feb 2
Mantell and Hale LJJ and Cresswell J
Factory
— Asbestos dust
— Protection
— Employee mixing for one hour weekly asbestos flock to apply to presses
— Whether process to which regulations applicable
— Whether carried on “occasionally only”
—
Asbestos Industry Regulations 1931 (SR & O 1931/1140), reg 2
Negligence
— Safe system of work
— Asbestos
— Marine engineers working in ships' engine rooms in 1950s
— Danger from asbestos when disturbed
— Liability of employer