Asbestos abatement violations lead to $21K fine

Clearance letter, hazardous material survey not completed

Asbestos abatement violations lead to $21K fine

 

Sulakhan Singh Boora of Surrey, B.C. has been fined $21,833.

 

This firm was the owner of a pre-1990 house that had been demolished. The firm had hired workers to abate asbestos containing materials (ACMs) from the house prior to demolition.

 

WorkSafeBC determined that the firm had not ensured a suitable hazardous material survey and clearance letter were available at its work site and had not ensured that identified hazardous materials were safely removed and contained, and a clearance letter issued, before the house was demolished.

 

These were high-risk violations. 

 

Source: WorkSafeBC