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Cannock, Staffordshire · Birmingham Magistrates' Court
A survey after demolition was halted identified 218m² of asbestos-containing materials and debris; the demolition contractor had proceeded despite a survey flagging asbestos, and the client appointed an unlicensed company for the clear-up instead of a 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, a 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.