Tower block evacuated after electricians drill through asbestos
A contractor has been fined for exposing its employees to asbestos during work at Anderson Tower in Motherwell.
Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that four electricians employed by IQA Operations Group Ltd had been drilling through door transom panels to fit electric cables into each property within the block during installation of a new low voltage distribution system.
The company had identified that an asbestos survey was carried out ahead of the works starting but did not include a survey of the transom panels above each flat entrance door.
The electricians started work on the site and drilled holes in the door transom panels in all 44 flats.
The workers were not aware that the panels contained asbestos so no measures were in place to control exposure to airborne asbestos fibres.
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Published Feb 19, 2018