A Teesside council has been fined for putting workers at risk of exposure to asbestos during clearance work of premises in Stockton prior to demolition.
Stockton on Tees Borough Council acquired the Music and Drama Club in Buchanan Street and decided to demolish it as part of a regeneration …
GKN Aerospace Services Ltd. and Lybrook Constructors Ltd., trading as DL Group, have been prosecuted after construction workers were exposed to asbestos at GKN's premises in Yeovil.
DL Group was engaged by GKN Aerospace Services Ltd on 17 June 2010 to remove ceiling tiles within its treatment…
There have been several recent prosecutions of employers who have not effectively protected their employees and/or members of the public from asbestos:
A licensed asbestos removal contractor has been fined for putting its workers at risk of exposure to the dangerous substance during a refurbishment project in Warwickshire.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted AG&M Ltd. for failing to properly maintain a decontamination unit and r…
Potentially deadly asbestos fibres were spread in part of a shop by unqualified workmen and left on the premises for three weeks.
In a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), on 13 June, Cardiff Magistrates heard that Timberwise (UK) Ltd., a national company specialising in damp…
An estate management director, from Brighton, has been fined after failing to manage the spread of asbestos during the demolition of a building.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Brian Marshall, 44, managing director of Supply on Demand Ltd, for breaching asbestos safety regu…
Workmen carrying out a refurbishment at a Devon pub were exposed to deadly asbestos dust and then asked by their site manager to remove it without adequate protection.
The incident happened at the Three Crowns pub in Chagford, Dartmoor in January 2010, when the refurbishment was being carried…
Did you know that every week in the UK, on average...
4 plumbers die
20 tradesmen die
6 electricians die
8 joiners die
due to exposure to asbestos?
Asbestos was extensively used as a building material in the UK from the 1950s through to the mid-1980s. It was used for a variety of purposes …
A self-employed builder has been fined for demolishing a building without first carrying out an asbestos survey.
Stuart Pearson, of Verwood, Dorset, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) at Guildford Magistrates' Court for breaching the Control of Asbestos Regulations between …
Exova (UK) Limited has been prosecuted after putting workers at its Tyneside premises at risk of exposure to asbestos.
An investigation was launched into the activities of the laboratory testing firm following a complaint the company had not dealt with damaged asbestos at its site at The Grubb …
A demolition firm has been sentenced after knocking down a building in the Lake District containing hundreds of asbestos ceiling tiles, putting the lives of workers and local residents at risk.
IBT Contracting Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after carrying out the work…
An Edgware-based construction company and its director have been fined after carrying out unsafe demolition and construction work at a house in Surrey.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Laxmi Developments Ltd and its director, Vijay Madhaparia, of Tavistock Road, Edgware, for fail…
A Cardiff company has been fined for putting the health of demolition workers at risk after a building survey failed to identify the presence of asbestos.
Between 15 and 25 January 2010 PHH Environmental (UK) Ltd was commissioned to produce an asbestos survey on the soon to be demolished Old Cas…
An A
mmanford-based knitwear company and a cladding firm site foreman
have been fined for putting workers and visitors at risk of exposure to
asbestos.
Corgi Hosiery Ltd. contracted Dragon Cladding Ltd. to remove an asbestos cement sheet roof at their New Road branch in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
A Redditch freight firm, its managing director and a Birmingham contractor have been prosecuted for putting at least 20 people at risk of lung disease from asbestos fibres.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Avon Freight Group Ltd. (AFG) and its managing director Simon Poole, together …
A property manager from Cardiff has been fined for failing to properly manage the risks from asbestos at one of his premises.
Richard Hayward of Cardiff Bay was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over failings at the former Rhondda Pressing building, located on the Penygraig Industr…
A building company in Bradford-on-Avon has been fined after it removed an asbestos insulation board (AIB) ceiling in an unsafe manner, leaving workers and residents at risk of exposure to asbestos fibres.
D B Construction (West Wilts) Ltd, of Frome Road, Bradford-on-Avon, pleaded guilty to breaching…
A Kent-based partner of a development company has been prosecuted after dangerous conditions were found at a demolition site in Dover.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Allan Smith for failing to undertake an asbestos assessment and for not securing a demolition site.
Allan Smith, …
Did you know that every week in the UK, on average...
4 plumbers die
20 tradesmen die
6 electricians die
8 joiners die
due to exposure to asbestos?
Asbestos was extensively used as a building material in the UK from the 1950s through to the mid-1980s. It was used for a variety of purposes and was …
Lincoln University has been fined for putting staff, students and contractors at risk of exposure to asbestos.
The failings came to light on 24 February 2010 when a lecturer became trapped in a room after a door lock broke. She enlisted the help of a colleague to release her and once freed, they n…