Check for asbestos before starting work!
A building contractor has been fined after visiting HSE Inspectors found refurbishment work in progress without adequate enquiries regarding the presence of asbestos containing materials (ACMs).
Inspectors found refurbishment work being carried out without an adequate check (survey) for asbestos or asbestos-containing materials. A Prohibition Notice was issued immediately stopping construction work. Further investigations found large amounts of asbestos pipe lagging in walls and floor voids where work had been undertaken.
The company was fined £4,500 for offences under Regulations 5, 11 and 16 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006. Magistrates indicated that the fine would have been considerably higher if the defendant had not now been in liquidation.
For further information on asbestos surveys go to -
http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/campaign/duty/surveys.htm?ebul=cons/apr10&cr=20
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