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Potential Asbestos Exposure – Health Board Fined

Jun 23, 2013

Potential Asbestos Exposure Several workers and contractors were potentially exposed to deadly asbestos fibres leading to a Scottish health board being fined for safety failings. The incident related to basement plant room which in a 2009 asbestos survey had...

Decorating Company Fined Over Asbestos Exposure

May 20, 2013

A Sutton based decorating company has been fined £45000 with £38943 in costs after being found guilty of exposing many people to potentially fatal asbestos material. The incident happened during a refurbishment project at offices in Poole over a period of several...

Plumber Fined

May 14, 2013

A plumber has been fined after putting his son and a young family at risk of exposure to possibly deadly asbestos. The plumber was employed to replace an old galvanized water tank in a loft in a house in Nottinghamshire, but had failed to carry out an assessment to...

Asbestos warning after Hotel chain fined

Apr 8, 2013

Asbestos Warning It doesn’t seem to matter how big or small a company is, companies who fail to take adequate asbestos surveys prior to refurbishment works continue to make the news. The latest is a large hotel chain. The company in question failed to ensure a...

Two Firms fined for Asbestos Exposure Risk

Mar 22, 2013

Two companies, including a Hampshire based firm, have been fined after being found to be guilty of failing to identify the presence of asbestos in pipes due to assumptions and failures to undertake thorough checks and surveys. The public were put at risk of asbestos...

Building Owner Fined for Asbestos Exposure

Feb 22, 2013

Asbestos removal contractors The owner of an industrial property has been fined for exposing untrained workers to potentially deadly asbestos fibres. Two workers had been hired to remove rubbish and debris including asbestos insulation board (AIB) from a site in...