Rotherham 2010 fined for safety breach

[Jon]

A FIRM responsible for managing council houses in South Yorkshire has been fined £7,000 for breaching health and safety laws.

Rotherham 2010 - a company set up and owned by Rotherham Council - allowed a plumber to be exposed to 50 times the legal limit of asbestos while he was installing a shower room in Orchard Place, Wath-Upon-Dearne.

[joinerisme]

I,ve always worried about getting asbestosis as I spent my apprenticeship cutting up asbestos sheets(although outside in the car park the cars were covered in asbestos dust).I thought good I,ve passed the 30 year mark,now it could be 50 years until the all clear.I,m fit & healthy at the moment(fingers crossed).