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PHW · Waste and recycling · 2026-07-06

World Care (Wales) Limited fined £36,000 after long-term welfare failures and undisclosed asbestos exposure

Tre Marl Industrial Estate, North Wales · Llandudno Magistrates' Court

What happened

Workers sorted waste and recyclable materials by hand without access to warm running water, soap or drying facilities. Asbestos had been brought onto the site at least once, yet employees had received no asbestos awareness training, and the company had received multiple enforcement notices over an 11-year period.

Injuries: None specified in the press release

The breach

Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012; the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992

The sentence

  • Fine: £36,000
  • Costs: £8,867
  • Other sentence: Payment period of 16 months
HSE inspector

“Basic welfare provision is essential to ensure that employees can clean themselves at work, to help prevent exposure to harmful microorganisms.”

What would have prevented it

Basic welfare facilities and asbestos awareness training are not optional extras, and repeated enforcement notices without improvement will end in prosecution.

How PHW helps

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Quiz

Could you show, in writing, that every excavator or loading shovel operator is authorised for that machine?

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Source: HSE press release, North Wales waste and recycling company fined over welfare facilities and repeated site failures