Компании Morris & Spottiswood выписали запрет на работы из-за отсутствия обследований на асбест

Регулятор HSE выдал подрядчику запретное уведомление за нарушение правил безопасности при строительстве в Ноттингеме, хотя последующие проверки подтвердили отсутствие асбеста на объекте. Фирма признала нарушение, но заявила, что провела дополнительные intrusive-обследования и не выявила опасных материалов.

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Morris & Spottiswood has received a prohibition notice for failing to carry out “suitable and sufficient” asbestos surveys at a construction site, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said. The regulator served the contractor with the immediate prohibition notice in July, stating that the firm had breached two asbestos regulations. Morris & Spottiswood confirmed to Construction News that it received the prohibition notice for a site in Northampton but said that subsequent checks found that no asbestos was present. “There are areas of the building due to undergo intrusive works that have not been intrusively surveyed,” the notice said, referring specifically to riser rooms. The contractor breached regulation 2(1) of the Health and Safety At Work Act 1974, the HSE said. The text of the regulation says employers are required to “ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work” of all employees. Morris & Spottiswood also breached Regulation 5 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. The regulation states that employers must not undertake demolition, maintenance or any other work that “exposes or is liable to expose employees of that employer to asbestos”. Employers can undertake work if they have carried out a “suitable and sufficient assessment” into the presence, type, condition or possible condition of asbestos in the site, the regulation says. A statement from Morris & Spottiswood said the firm sent a “full suite” of asbestos surveys and reports for the site to the HSE and, after it received the notice, carried out further intrusive surveys. “We have confirmed to the HSE that there is no risk of asbestos exposure in past, current or future works and that all suitable assessments have been conducted to confirm this,” the firm added in a statement. “We have since undertaken further intrusive asbestos surveying and assurance activities to verify the construction and asbestos status of the affected work areas. “No asbestos-containing materials have been identified in connection with the works undertaken.”