Council-owned housing company fined for asbestos exposure

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Council-owned housing company fined for asbestos exposure

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

A company set up by Rotherham Council to manage and improve council houses has been fined, after allowing a plumber to be exposed to up to 50 times the legal limit for asbestos.

The firm, 2010 Rotherham Limited, was prosecuted by HSE for a breach of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.

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