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...
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 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 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...
A Birmingham builder has been fined for illegally removing asbestos insulating boards from his home, potentially exposing people in the street, including young children, to potentially deadly asbestos fibres. The builder was converting a garage into living quarters...
Asbestos Management Plan Failure A hospital trust in the North East of England has been fined after contractors were exposed to asbestos fibres. The contractors had drilled through door surrounds on a ward to install cables. Concerns were raised by a member of staff...
