HSE prosecutes head over asbestos removal
September 12, 2008
A headteacher is being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) over the removal of asbestos from his school.
David Dibb of Westonzoyland Primary School is accused of using an unlicensed firm to remove asbestos from the premises.
Builders at the site discovered the substance while doing work in the summer holidays and Dave Lee Building Contractors, an unlicensed company, was hired to remove it, the Press Association writes.
Mr Dibb is to be charged under section 7(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Western Daily Press reports.
A council spokesperson tells the newspaper the headteacher is due to appear in court this month.
"It has been agreed that it would be in the best interest of all parties if Mr Dibb did not attend work whilst the case is ongoing," the representative says.
As the work was conducted during the summer vacation, no pupils were exposed to the asbestos.
In recent news, the Journal reported North Tyneside council has had to pay over £20,000 after a caretaker was exposed to the substance while cleaning a quarantined boiler room which he had not been informed was off-limits.
David Dibb of Westonzoyland Primary School is accused of using an unlicensed firm to remove asbestos from the premises.
Builders at the site discovered the substance while doing work in the summer holidays and Dave Lee Building Contractors, an unlicensed company, was hired to remove it, the Press Association writes.
Mr Dibb is to be charged under section 7(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Western Daily Press reports.
A council spokesperson tells the newspaper the headteacher is due to appear in court this month.
"It has been agreed that it would be in the best interest of all parties if Mr Dibb did not attend work whilst the case is ongoing," the representative says.
As the work was conducted during the summer vacation, no pupils were exposed to the asbestos.
In recent news, the Journal reported North Tyneside council has had to pay over £20,000 after a caretaker was exposed to the substance while cleaning a quarantined boiler room which he had not been informed was off-limits.
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