On 24th February 2007, the Suffolk Evening Star reported that Health and safety officials were preparing to take an asbestos removal company to court after claims they risked public safety while stripping the potentially hazardous substance at an Ipswich development.
LCH contracts, who worked to remove asbestos from St Francis Tower in 2005, are accused of breaching safety regulations by failing to protect those not in its employment, contrary to the Health and Safety at Work Act.The company is also alleged to have breached three Control of Asbestos at Work regulations by failing to follow a plan of work, failing to protect workers inside an enclosure while dry stripping asbestos and failing to prevent the spread of asbestos.
LCH, which is based in Billericay, Essex is licensed to remove asbestos by the HSE.The asbestos removers are co-accused with Loughton-based R Maskell Limited, who were the principal contractors on the redevelopment of the Franciscan Way tower block in 2005 and 2006.
HEALTH and safety officials announced plans to prosecute LCH for asbestos breaches as startling figures were released warning of a cancer epidemic caused by exposure to asbestos.Scientists warned that carpenters, laggers and builders exposed to asbestos in the 1960s and 70s face a grim future as 60,000 people will die from related lung cancer, mesothelioma.To read the full story please click on the link below
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&itemid=IPED23%20Feb%202007%2011:54:53:077&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=search
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