On 27th August 2007 Builder and Engineer online reported that Wear Valley District Council has had to pay nearly £26,000 after admitting six offences under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002.
The council was fined £18,000 at Darlington Magistrates Court. It was also ordered to pay £7,722 costs.
The case was brought following a complaint by a maintenance worker who discovered that the plant room of the council-run leisure centre where he had worked for many years contained asbestos.
HM Inspector of Health and Safety, Richard Bishop, said: "A survey had been carried out in 2001 which identified asbestos containing materials. This information was not acted upon and no-one who worked in the plant room was made aware. As a result, work that was liable to disturb the asbestos was done without the necessary precautions required by law to protect their health from exposure.
Asbestos related diseases are the largest occupational killers in the UK accounting for up to 4,000 deaths per annum.
To read the full article, click on the following link:
http://www.builderandengineer.co.uk/news/health-and-safety/wear-valley-fined-over-asbestos-656.html
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