Dale Farm has been fined £30,000 plus costs of £2,500 after two ventilation engineers were exposed to asbestos fibres. The incident happened during extension work at their creamery in Cookstown in March 2013. The company pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety legislation. The case was brought by the Health...
A charitable trust and a contractor it employed has been fined for safety failings after disturbing asbestos and continuing to work in a building. Chatham Magistrates’ Court heard that in July 2012, knowing the trust had an asbestos register identifying where asbestos was located ...
A food company and their contractor have been fined over £165,000 after asbestos was disturbed during building work and only identified by chance when an asbestos removal contractor attended site....
If you are an employer and are planning any work that has the potential to disturb asbestos, then you are responsible for preparing a suitable and sufficient risk assessment. Your first responsibility is to the individuals you are asking to undertake the risk assessment in the first place...