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14/05/2013
Plumber Fined After Putting A Family At Risk
A Nottinghamshire plumber has been fined after putting his son and a young family at risk of exposure to asbestos.
Dean Fisk had been employed to replace a galvanized water tank in the loft of a house in Gardendale Avenue, Clifton.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) told Nottingham magistrates that Mr Fisk had failed to carry out an assessment to see if asbestos was present and in what form and condition.
As a result, while replacing the tank on 18 January 2012, Mr Fisk's son, Jack, also a plumber, removed an asbestos box from around it, breaking some of the panels. HSE found he had not had any asbestos awareness training.
The loft became contaminated with potentially deadly fibres and licensed contractors had to be brought in to remove all traces of the asbestos at a cost to the homeowner of £2,870. The homeowner – a mother with a young son – lost a number of personal belongings including family photographs and items that had belonged to her late grandmother.
Dean Fisk, 53, of Flawforth Avenue, Ruddington, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulations 10(1)(a) and 16 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 and was fined a total of £5,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,000. He was also ordered to pay compensation of £2,870 to the homeowner.
(CD/MH)
Dean Fisk had been employed to replace a galvanized water tank in the loft of a house in Gardendale Avenue, Clifton.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) told Nottingham magistrates that Mr Fisk had failed to carry out an assessment to see if asbestos was present and in what form and condition.
As a result, while replacing the tank on 18 January 2012, Mr Fisk's son, Jack, also a plumber, removed an asbestos box from around it, breaking some of the panels. HSE found he had not had any asbestos awareness training.
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The loft became contaminated with potentially deadly fibres and licensed contractors had to be brought in to remove all traces of the asbestos at a cost to the homeowner of £2,870. The homeowner – a mother with a young son – lost a number of personal belongings including family photographs and items that had belonged to her late grandmother.
Dean Fisk, 53, of Flawforth Avenue, Ruddington, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulations 10(1)(a) and 16 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 and was fined a total of £5,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,000. He was also ordered to pay compensation of £2,870 to the homeowner.
(CD/MH)
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