AM Environmental stands accused of falsifying pre-demolition asbestos test results.
A Lower Mainland asbestos removal and demolition contractor is facing a possible jail term after being charged by WorkSafeBC with allegedly putting employees’ lives at risk by letting them work unwittingly on homes that contained asbestos.
Earlier this month, the Workers’ Compensation Board asked the B.C. Supreme Court to jail Arthur Moore of AM Environmental for 120 days for contempt of court in an action which began in July last year.
At that time, the board received an injunction from the B.C. Supreme Court ordering Moore to cease his activities in the asbestos abatement business.
The injunction was sought following an investigation of Moore’s activities by WorkSafeBC inspectors that allegedly revealed he was forging laboratory certificates showing homes waiting demolition were clear of asbestos contamination.
However, a number of the homes were shown to contain asbestos when samples were submitted to laboratory tests, according to court documents.
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