Hove company fined for ignoring asbestos regulations

A Hove-based company which flouted asbestos regulations has been prosecuted for safety breaches and fined nearly £20,000.

Asbestos Damage Limitations Ltd, trading as ADL, was prosecuted after removing some of the dangerous material three weeks after being refused a licence renewal.

The case was brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after investigating a complaint that an unlicensed contractor was carrying out asbestos removal work.

The West Sussex business had a licence to remove asbestos, but it had expired in September 2013. It applied for a renewal but was refused based on inadequate performance.

Asbestos Damage Limitations, Coleridge Street, Hove, East Sussex, was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £4,000 in costs.

HSE inspector Denis Bodger said: "ADL obviously decided to ignore the fact that its asbestos licence had expired and also that the application to renew had been refused. Instead it carried on regardless and went ahead with work at the premises, removing a ceiling that contained asbestos insulation board.

"When ADL’s licence expired, the firm should have ceased to carry out any work with asbestos-containing materials that is required by licence. ADL was fully aware of what types of activities are covered and knew perfectly well that it was illegal to undertake the work they did."

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