School board fined for asbestos incident
canada.com
VANCOUVER - WorkSafe BC has blasted the New Westminster school board and fined it $75,000 for recklessly allowing asbestos to be released among staff and students during a demolition project at its only high school in 2005.
In a written decision, the agency says the board exposed its employees to a high risk of serious illness when it ordered the removal of flooring in a school known to contain significant levels of asbestos. The students were not mentioned because the agency is responsible for worker safety only.
The use of sledgehammers and chisels to lift the floor in the New Westminster secondary school classroom created ''a large plume of dust which wafted down the corridors of the school and into various classrooms,'' review officer Anand Banerjee says, noting some classes were in session at the time.
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