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Tre Marl Industrial Estate (company address only; incident town not given in the release), North Wales · Llandudno Magistrates' Court
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
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
“Basic welfare provision is essential to ensure that employees can clean themselves at work, to help prevent exposure to harmful microorganisms.”
Basic welfare facilities and asbestos awareness training are not optional extras, and repeated enforcement notices without improvement will end in prosecution.
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