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Cannock, Staffordshire · Birmingham Magistrates' Court
A demolition site at Greenheath Road, Cannock was found to have 218 square metres of asbestos-containing materials disturbed, despite an asbestos management survey having identified the hazard. An unlicensed company was used to manage the clearance instead of a qualified licensed contractor.
Injuries: no injury: exposure risk from large-scale asbestos disturbance
Regulation 5(4) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (Sohan Group Limited); Regulation 15(2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (Maize Metals Limited and, via Section 37 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the site manager)
“Asbestos is a Class 1 carcinogen which is known to kill around 20 tradespeople each week due to past exposure.”
Demolition work identified as containing asbestos must be handed to a properly licensed asbestos removal contractor, never managed by unlicensed operators.
The machines, packs and quizzes that fit this kind of site.