HSE London site crackdown

HSE London site crackdown

The Health and Safety Executive has announced a crackdown on construction sites in London begining in March 2010.

HSE inspectors have launched an intensive inspection initiative aimed with the objective of stopping dangerous practices on building sites across London.

By taking this robust approach, the HSE want it to raise awareness on the construction site to the risksin order to prevent unnecessary injuries and deaths.

The inspection initiative will began on 3 March, and will focus on refurbishment or roofing work. The inspectors will make unannounced visits to ensure that sites are managing work at height safely and are generally in good order.

Richard Boland, the Construction Operations Manager at HSE London said:

“While some sectors of the industry have made real improvements in recent years, we are really concerned about standards in the refurbishment sector, particularly on small projects.

“If we find poor practice that is putting the lives of workers and, in some cases the public, at risk we will take action; this could include closing sites and prosecuting those responsible."

During 2008/09, 11 people died and 1,553 were injured in the London area while working in construction.

Last year inspectors visited 1,759 sites and 2,145 contractors UK wide and were forced to issue more than 270 prohibition notices to stop dangerous work - much of it relating to working from height.

CDM2007.org comments:

The Access Industry Forum came together in September 2009 to hold a major conference event on all aspects of Work at Height. Important messages were delivered at that event by leading experts from that sector of the industry.

All of the day's main presentations were recorded by the onsite studio team of CDM2007.org and captured in multi-media format and processed into a set of presentations for the whole of industry to use as an excellent reference.

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