Ceiling tiles contained asbestos

Two subcontractor employees and a school caretaker employed by Birmingham City Council were exposed to asbestos during work to remove ceiling tiles at the reception area of William Cowper Community Primary School, Newtown.

Solihull Supplies Ltd was contracted by the City Council to undertake the work and they in turn contracted another company (unnamed pending legal proceedings) whose workmen were exposed during July 2009 as they stripped the tiles from 7 rooms. The subcontractor had no asbestos license for the task which required 7 hours to complete. The men used an ordinary vacuum cleaner to clean up the material which contained brown asbestos.

Birmingham City Council admitted breaching S.2(1) and 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined £5,000 plus £1,091 costs.

Get our essential weekday HR news and updates. Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Work Email Keep up with the latest in HR... This field is hidden when viewing the form Optin_form This field is hidden when viewing the form Optin_date Year Month Day This field is hidden when viewing the form Batch_Newsletter

Solihull Supplies Ltd of Knowle, Solihull, admitted breaching r.6(1)(a) of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 and was fined £1,750 plus £1,091 costs.