Contractors failed to carry out asbestos checks

摘要

Workers and Royal Navy personnel at HMS Sultan naval training base in Gosport were potentially exposed to asbestos after pipes lined with the material were left on a roadside after being removed as part of works to replace a hot water system at the base. Portsmouth magistrates court heard that Southampton-based VT Flagship Ltd was responsible for carrying out the work in September 2009. The company contracted Hertfordshire-based PPSL District Energy Ltd to remove the pipes, which were lined with asbestos insulation, and associated materials. PPSL in turn employed a local welding firm and pipe fitter to undertake the work.