Company fined €50k over workers’ asbestos exposure

A Cork company has been fined €50,000 for exposing workers to the risk of inhaling asbestos fibres during demolition works at an office building in Mallow.

At Cork Circuit Criminal Court, Leeside Cut & Core Contractors, of Blackhill, Fivemile Bridge, Ballinhassig, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to two charges.

The first was that between January 21 and February 6, 2015, at an office building at Gould’s Hill, Mallow, Co Cork, it failed to ensure the safety, health, and welfare at work of employees.