Council Fined After Asbestos Evacuation
A housing council has been fined after an evacuation of 12 residences due to asbestos exposure.
Mesothelioma Cancer News (UK) – A council and building maintenance company have been fined after 12 residences had to be evacuated for asbestos exposure. As reported by BBC News, Fife Council and ECG Building Maintenance were both recently fined do to a 2007 disturbance of brown asbestos, which put tenants at risk.
Health and Safety Inspector Alastair Brown is quoted in the report as stating, “Fife Council failed to keep an understandable register of asbestos and failed to ensure that a full survey for asbestos was carried out prior to any work starting, so the information available was not sufficient to alert persons to the immediate danger from the asbestos prior to the work beginning… In view of the council’s previous experience of managing asbestos, this was a very disappointing incident.”
Brian Goodall with Fife Council is further quoted as stating, “This was a very serious and traumatic incident for the tenants concerned who had and who still have our full sympathy for what happened to them.”
Mesothelioma News website provides news and information for Asbestos Lawyers
Online Mesothelioma News Legal News Distribution - mesotheliomacancernews.comOther News / Press Releases
- World health experts expect asbestos-related mesothelioma Scourge in India
- The Facts About Blood Cancer
- How to Protect Yourself from Skin Cancer
- Program helps young cancer patients return to school
- Woman jailed after faking breast cancer
- Cancer Resource Center From American Cancer Society Get’s a Makeover
- Cancer concerns about back pain device
- Chicago Mesothelioma Attorneys Alert: Developer Accused of Dumping Asbestos
- Researches Find New Genetic Marker for Ovarian Cancer
- Doctors call for more useful cancer research info
-
Recent Posts
World health experts expect asbestos-related mesothelioma Scourge in India- The Facts About Blood Cancer
- How to Protect Yourself from Skin Cancer
Program helps young cancer patients return to school- Woman jailed after faking breast cancer
- Cancer Resource Center From American Cancer Society Get’s a Makeover
- Cancer concerns about back pain device
Chicago Mesothelioma Attorneys Alert: Developer Accused of Dumping Asbestos
Researches Find New Genetic Marker for Ovarian Cancer- Doctors call for more useful cancer research info