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Estate agent fined over asbestos |
Construction Company fined for waste management offences |
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A Mid Wales estate agency has been fined more than £20,000 after exposing its employees and contractors to harmful asbestos fibres. Morris, Marshall & Poole was prosecuted by Powys County Council's Environmental Health Service for breaches of Health and Safety legislation. |
Construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine Limited pleaded guilty to two waste management offences at Cardiff Magistrates Court last week (10 May). The company was fined £4,000 and ordered to pay £500 in prosecution costs to Environment Agency Wales who brought the prosecution. |
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Jewson Ltd fined £40,000 for illegal disposal of construction waste including asbestos |
British Gas fined over asbestos release |
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40,000 fine with £6,181 costs for
illegal waste activities at Jewson Ltd branch at Rugby Road, Leamington
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British gas was fined a total of £5,000 at Birmingham Magistrates Court for two breaches of The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (CAW) 2002 for allowing asbestos to be damaged and dust released during plumbing works
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Council to be prosecuted |
Charges for failure to manage asbestos |
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Derby City Council is to be prosecuted under health and safety laws after asbestos was disturbed at a primary school 15 months ago. When work was carried out to replace windows at Silverhill Primary it caused asbestos dust to be released. The council faces two charges of failing to ensure the safety of employees. The Health and Safety Executive has said it will proceed with the case at Derby Magistrates Court next month. The head teacher at the time, Philip Robinson, is charged with failing to ensure the health and safety of others. And Peter Westran, director of Horizon Windows and Glass, of Chaddesden, is charged with failing to ensure the safety of employees. The city council spent £750,000 decontaminating the school building, which reopened in May 2004 after being closed for three months. |
The Haig Colliery Mining Museum at Kells, Whitehaven, was closed for nine months after asbestos was discovered in its cellar in 2003. On Thursday, Whitehaven Magistrates' Court heard that the men faced more than 10 health and safety breaches. The charges relate to the exposure and management of asbestos. The case was adjourned until 23 June. The accused are Andrew Ainsworth, 34, of Sneckyeat Grove, Hensingham; John Greasely, of Edge Hill, Bransty; Barry Prest, 60, of College View, Monkwray, all Whitehaven, and Anthony Hail, 61, of Thorntrees Drive, Thornhill near Egremont. The case is being brought by Copeland Borough Council
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