Construction site accidents and mobile telephones

While, for the most part, mobile telephones on construction sites are welcomed, allowing workers and management to communicate instantaneously and effectively, they also have the potential to be a construction site accident risk.

This is because if a worker's concentration becomes occupied with texting or phoning friends and loved ones during the course of work, attention to the onsite risks may be neglected.

The adverse effect of phoning and texting on response times is well documented, and in an industry as hazardous as construction, the most accident-prone in the UK, overuse of mobile telephones during working hours is discouraged by most employers.

Yet mobile telephones are not all bad news for construction site accidents. As mentioned before, used to liaise effectively among colleagues and management they can help inform a safe working environment. Now, they may also, it seems, play a more direct role in promoting health and safety on construction sites.

This is because the Health and Safety Executive now runs a text message service that provides updates on safety news and safety initiatives in the construction industry.

And, but for a one-time subscription charge, billed at the standard mobile network rate, it is completely free.

If you wish to subscribe to this HSE service, simply visit their webpage's subscribe service.

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When you work in the UK's most dangerous industry it goes without saying that you need the protection of your employer.

So if you have suffered injury as a result of negligent working practices, you may be entitled to claim compensation.

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