We can help you claim
compensation following an accident
illness or injury - nationwide
Call: 0800 10 757 95
In a bid to cut construction site accidents in Buckinghamshire the Health and Safety Executive are planning an "intensive inspection initiative" for February and March 2011 within the County.
Buckinghamshire experienced 97 personal injuries in the construction sector during 2009/10. In the south east of England seven industry workers died – all fatalities occurred as a result of refurbishment, repair and maintenance work.
Regional inspectors will arrive at project sites, unannounced, to inspect various aspects of the work being carried out, including; the safe management of working at height, good management of asbestos exposure risks, and the general good order of each site.
Principal Inspector for the HSE, Norman Macritchie, said, "This will be the fifth year that we have run the inspection initiative across Buckinghamshire and we anticipate that that there will be examples of both good and bad practice - those where employers are taking all the measures they can to protect their workers and those where safety is way down the list of priorities.
"A lax attitude to health and safety in one of the more dangerous industries is not acceptable, especially when many of the incidents are completely avoidable by taking commonsense actions and precautions. As we've demonstrated in previous years, we will not hesitate to take action if we find poor practice that is putting the lives of workers at risk.
In 2009/10 the largest number of construction site accidents, which led to recorded personal injuries, occurred in the local authority of Milton Keynes UA, with 32 injuries. Followed by Aylesbury Vale District Council with 21.
