The high-risk violations included failing to take the necessary precautions to protect workers
Richmond News | Kirsten Clarke | November 30, 2021
A Richmond firm that recycles construction debris has been fined more than $14,000 by WorkSafeBC for “high risk violations” involving asbestos.
Fairway Recycle Group Inc. was fined $14,203.29 by WorkSafeBC for failing to take the necessary precautions to protect workers and other violations.
Drywall debris, which often contains asbestos (ACM), was found mixed into material piles, around bins, the gravel roadway and next to equipment, during a WorkSafeBC inspection at a Fairway worksite in Richmond.
A separate inspection found Fairway’s truck parked on a road with its trailer filled with loose drywall that was later confirmed to be ACM.
WorkSafeBC then issued a stop-work order.