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...
Inadequate asbestos testing …highlighting the importance of choosing the correct asbestos testing survey for planned refurbishment works. Many workers were exposed to deadly asbestos fibres following a number of errors by an engineering company and a building...
Barely a day goes by without a firm being fined for failing to have an asbestos survey carried out before refurbishment works commence. This time, a Council and a building firm have been fined for exposing a nursery school class, school staff and two joiners to...
A UK company has been fined £5000 with additional costs of £3830 for failing to ensure that it’s workers were not at risk of Asbestos exposure. The company in question failed to have asbestos surveys carried out on the properties that they were working on and no...