AMHERSTVIEW, Ont. — Asbestos abatement company Recovery Abatement & Insulation Ltd. was fined $25,000 on Jan. 21, after workers were exposed to asbestos dust on a job site. In addition, supervisor Gregory Simpson was fined $4,000, after pleading guilty to failing to ensure that workers used protective clothing and equipment. On May 15, 2014, three workers were on the site of a single family home in Amherstview; the work was an enclosed asbestos abatement project. That afternoon, a Ministry of Labour (MOL) inspector attended the location to conduct an inspection, during which the inspector found one of the workers exiting the enclosed area of the project wearing street clothing. Another worker was securing bags filled with asbestos-containing material without protective gear, while a third worker, who was performing clean-up work, was unprotected. The company was fined for contravening Section 15.14 of Ontario Regulation 278/05, which states that only persons wearing protective clothing and equipment should enter a work area where there is an asbestos dust hazard. Simpson was fined after pleading guilty to failing, as a supervisor, to ensure that an employee worked in the manner and with the protective devices, measures and procedures, as required by the regulation.