employing licensed asbestos companies and carrying out suitable
asbestos checks before starting demolition works.
This follows the prosecution of an Uxbridge-based construction
company, Waite Construction Ltd, who pleaded guilty to contraventions
of Regulation 8(1) of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 and
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 at the City
of London Magistrates' Court.
A complaint made in November 2006 led to HSE inspectors visiting a
site in Hackney where it was said workers were removing asbestos with
no protection for themselves or others in the area. Inspectors also
discovered that pipes clad with asbestos had been removed and cut,
even though local authority officers had advised that work be brought
to a halt.
After a Prohibition Notice and a 'Notice to Leave Undisturbed'
(referring to articles within a skip) were served; the company
arranged for licensed asbestos removal.
The company was fined £15,000, with costs of £26,488.
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