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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 & Safety Executive (HSE) after carrying out the work at a former photography factory in Staveley near Kendal during August and September 2011, despite not having a licence to remove asbestos.
Kendal Magistrates’ Court heard how IBT had been given a survey by the owners of the site ahead of the work taking place, which stated that the building contained 166 square metres of asbestos ceiling tiles. But the company failed to arrange for a licensed contractor to remove the tiles safely, and instead released deadly asbestos fibres into the air during the building’s demolition.
IBT Contracting pleaded guilty to three breaches of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, for removing asbestos without a licence, exposing workers to asbestos fibres, and allowing the fibres to spread to neighbouring areas.
The company, of Barton Lane in Barton near Preston, was fined £10,800 and ordered to pay £3,638.95 in prosecution costs on 20 March.
A Bradford-on-Avon building company has been fined for exposing people to toxic asbestos fibres.
The building company has been fined after they had removed asbestos insulation board (AIB) ceiling in an unsafe manner, increasing the risk of exposure.
Chippenham Magistrate’s Court were told by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that DB Construction (West Wilts) Ltd, had carried out unsafe work whilst refurbishing a house in Bradford-on-Avon between the 29th of November and the 10th of December 2010.
An asbestos insulation board ceiling was removed from the premises, where work was being carried, out in an uncontrolled manner putting employees, subcontractors, homeowners and their children at risk of exposure.
The court heard how and electrician on site raised concerns about asbestos in the ceiling boards and he then arranged for the material to be analysed by a specialist before beginning work.
An analyst visited the site and advised the contractors that work should wait until after the contaminated area has been cleared of asbestos debris. The HSE later confirmed that the ceiling boards contained both and brown asbestos.
Edwin Shardlow a painter and decorator from Derby, has died from breathing in asbestos whilst working on textured ceilings.
The painter would get covered in dust containing the toxic fibres whilst sanding down the surfaces an investigation heard. It is known that he was killed by an asbestos-related lung disease.
The Painting and Decorating Association have now described asbestos as the industry’s “hidden killer” saying, it was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of tradesmen ever year. Homeowner whom are planning work on textured ceilings within their homes, have been warned to seek expert advice first if the decoration dates back to the mid- 1980s.
Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s Court heard how Mr. Shardlow, 68, was employed by a decorating firm as a painter for the NHS from 1959 to 1980.
John, Mr. Shardlow’s brother, said that it was believed that Edwin was exposed to asbestos containing fibres whilst creating textured ceilings.
“They put it on one day, then would go back the following day and smooth it down and get totally covered in dust,” he said.”
“They didn’t wear protective clothing. He was not exposed every day but fairly regularly.”
An inquest heard that some of the material used to create decorative surface coatings contained asbestos up to the mif-1980s.
A Selby man who worked in power stations for 27 years died from a lung disease after consistent exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard on Tuesday.
Thomas Sinclair, of Woodville Terrace, died on November 9 this year after he was suffering with shortage of breath and chest pains after a fall at home.
Doctors at York Hospital diagnosed the 82-year-old with malignant lung disease – mesothelioma – but because of its advanced state ruled out chemotherapy and discharged him to be cared for at home.
Coroner Rob Turnbull, sitting at Selby Magistrates’ Court, heard that, after a variety of other jobs, Mr Sinclair had started contract work on the construction of Eggborough, and then Drax, power stations from 1965 onwards.
Later he continued working at Drax as a mechanical fitter’s mate until his retirement in 1992, and would have come into contact with asbestos as work was undertaken to remove and dispose of lagged pipes.
A DISTRAUGHT dad has told how he returned home to discover workmen had completely emptied his living room amid fears his familys belongings had been contaminated by deadly asbestos.
Michael Sweeney, his partner and their children, have been left without a sofa to sit on, a TV to watch or a phone to use after Renfrewshire Council sent in a team to replace an old boiler.
The workmen downed tools when they realised they may have disturbed asbestos while they were removing a water tank.
Asbestos specialists wearing white forensic suits then turned up in a decontamination van to clear around £5,000 worth of belongings from the living room so they could be safely destroyed.
They took away the familys sofa, curtains, TV, computer, DVD player, video games, mobile phone and even a passport.
A WIDOWER has paid tribute to his “lovely wife” who died after being exposed to asbestos at school.
Mabel Midgley inhaled the deadly substance, from the nearby Acre Mill, while attending Old Town Primary School, where boys would “throw it around like snow balls”.
The 72-year-old Mytholmroyd housewife said in a video statement before she died: “I remember the school was covered in white dust, which could only have been asbestos.
“I remember it would be quite dusty in the playground when we played there. I remember seeing asbestos in the gutters and fluffy white bits of asbestos in the air. They boys would make snow balls out of asbestos and would throw them around.”
Mabel was born in Todmorden in 1938 and moved to Olden Town, Hebden Bridge, when her father got a job in the area, She attended Old Town Primary School between 1945 and 1949 where she inhaled dust that was omitted from an extractor fan at the nearby mill.
A Cardiff letting agent has been sentenced after a handyman was exposed to asbestos-containing material while carrying out work on a client’s property.
A self-employed handyman from Cardiff, who does not wish to be named, regularly carried out work on properties managed by Rochefort Shugar Ltd and on 15 October 2010 was sent to a domestic property in Sully to fix a leaking porch roof.
As he was removing a sheet of material from the underside panel of the damaged roof, he realised it was asbestos-containing insulation board. The sheet was broken during removal and the surrounding area was contaminated with asbestos debris.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuting, told Barry Magistrates’ Court the removal of the panel and the sweeping up and bagging of the debris would have resulted in the significant release of asbestos fibres into the air.
Fadil Adil, of Coniston Road, Bromley, has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for overseeing a demolition project which involved asbestos removal without an asbestos removal licence.
The project involved the demolition of a building which had a restaurant on the ground floor and flats above; the project was being supervised by a Fadil Adil from South East London. The HSE have prosecuted the contractor for running a construction site which led to workers being exposed to asbestos-containing-material.
The demolition took place between the 21st to the 29th of June 2010, where asbestos insulating boards were present in the ground floor restaurant ceilings. The ceilings were broken up by three workmen using sledgehammers and hand-operated breakers meaning there is a strong possibility that the workmen were exposed to asbestos fibres.
A demolition contractor has been fined after exposing workers to potentially deadly asbestos fibres at the former Revlon factory in Maesteg.
An investigation by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) found Walsh Plant Hire & Demolition Contractors of Pontypridd ignored repeated warnings to manage the safe removal of asbestos during work on the demolition of the site.
Bridgend Magistrates Court heard that the company was first served with a prohibition notice to stop work at the site in February 2010, because work to remove asbestos cement sheeting debris was likely to generate hazardous asbestos dust.
Before resuming work, the company was required to produce a plan for the safe removal of the materials to make sure it was properly managed.
At Bournemouth Magistrates’ court Marks and Spencer have been fined £1m for failing to protect customers, staff and workers from potential exposure to asbestos during refurbishment at stores in Reading, Bournemouth and Plymouth.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) initiated the criminal proceedings against Marks and Spencer plc and three other companies for asbestos-related breaches during refurbishment work at shops. It has been said that the management of the ‘retail giant’ were more concerned about the refurbishment works being ‘unsightly and ‘interfering with the shopping experience’, than controlling the exposure of the cancer causing fibres.
Bournemouth crown court was told that Marks and Spencer plc, did not allocate sufficient time and space for the removal of asbestos-containing materials at the Reading store. The contractors had to work overnight in enclosures on the shop floor, with the aim of completing small areas of asbestos removal before the shop opened to the public each day.
A demolition contractor has been fined after exposing workers to potentially deadly asbestos fibres at the former Revlon factory in Maesteg.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found Walsh Plant Hire and Demolition Contractors Ltd of Pontypridd ignored repeated warnings to manage the safe removal of asbestos during work on the demolition of the site.
Bridgend Magistrates Court heard the company was first served with a Prohibition Notice ceasing activity at the site in February 2010, because work to remove asbestos cement sheeting debris was likely to generate asbestos dust which could have posed a health risk to those working at the site.
Before resuming work, the company was required to produce a plan for the safe removal of the materials to make sure it was properly managed.
A management plan was developed to keep the asbestos cement in a safe condition by damping down the waste until it was removed from the site. However, a further visit by the HSE on 27 May 2010 found the company had ignored the guidelines in its own plan, as the site was dry, and no damping down had been undertaken for a week.
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