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01/08/2016

Company Fined For Asbestos Safety Failings

A home improvement company has been fined for removing asbestos in an unsafe manner from a property in St Albans.

Ace of Hearts (AOH) Home Improvements Limited, of Alldicks Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 8(1) and Regulation 16 of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2012, and The Health & Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Section 33 (1) (g) in that it failed to comply with an Improvement Notice.

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The company was fined £100,000 with over £2,118 in costs.

St Albans Magistrates' Court heard how AOH were appointed to remove asbestos containing materials (ACM) from a domestic property on 25 September 2015.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found the company were not licensed to remove asbestos.

HSE said AOH had dismantled the Asbestos Insulation Board (AIB) soffits surrounding the underside of the guttering around the front, gable end and back of the property in an unsafe manner.

This created a serious risk of respiratory exposure of asbestos fibres to the two workers and the family of four living at the property.

(LM/CD)

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