Spot checks to be made on Derbyshire construction firms
September 22, 2008
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors will be conducting spot checks on construction sites in the High Peak region of Derbyshire.
The assessments will start today and intend to improve low levels of health and safety across the region.
Frank Lomas, the HSE's principal inspector of construction for the east midlands, claims the spot tests are being conducted in reaction to poor standards found in earlier checks.
It will concentrate on the refurbishment sector, which he claims performed particularly poorly in earlier inspections.
"Sites where health and safety is taken seriously have nothing to fear, but we will root out those that put lives at risk," he warns.
Key problems found in the earlier inspections were connected to health and safety while working at height, with unsafe scaffolding and bad practise being seen by those using the structures.
In its inspections, the HSE says it will focus on sites which involve working at height and fire risks.
According to its statistics, the organisation claims 2,800 people have died in the last 25 years while employed in the construction industry.
The assessments will start today and intend to improve low levels of health and safety across the region.
Frank Lomas, the HSE's principal inspector of construction for the east midlands, claims the spot tests are being conducted in reaction to poor standards found in earlier checks.
It will concentrate on the refurbishment sector, which he claims performed particularly poorly in earlier inspections.
"Sites where health and safety is taken seriously have nothing to fear, but we will root out those that put lives at risk," he warns.
Key problems found in the earlier inspections were connected to health and safety while working at height, with unsafe scaffolding and bad practise being seen by those using the structures.
In its inspections, the HSE says it will focus on sites which involve working at height and fire risks.
According to its statistics, the organisation claims 2,800 people have died in the last 25 years while employed in the construction industry.
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