Tuesday 28 August 2012

Asbstos surveyors fined for missing 200 sq metres of asbestos insulation board (AIB)

RNN media information for journalists and the press - Press Releases - Firms fined for asbestos failings - Regional News Network: Two Lincoln companies have been fined after workers were exposed to asbestos during the refurbishment of a Northamptonshire hospital ward.

Contractors Simons Construction Ltd hired Rilmac Insulation Ltd to carry out an asbestos survey for them before work began on Martin Roth ward at St Mary’s Hospital, Kettering. The survey identified an asbestos coating on the underside of the ceilings, but missed over 200 sq metres of asbestos insulation board (AIB) above.

Northampton Magistrates’ Court was told today (28 August) that when two workers contracted to Simons were told to knock holes in the ceilings on 17 December 2009, they were not told it contained asbestos and they disturbed both layers.

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