Darchem Engineering Limited appeared before Teesside Magistrates’ Court to answer charges under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006. Their guilty plea led to fines of £3,000 for failing to protect their employees. The offence was spotted by a contractor who had been trained in asbestos awareness, and noticed two maintenance workers drilling into asbestos insulation board to relocate a junction box without taking appropriate precautions. The workers were potentially exposed to asbestos fibres, and HSE Inspector Andrew Mulligan said: “A suitable and sufficient assessment should have been carried out and the company should have made sure that their employees had adequate information, instruction and training.”
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