by Rebecca Walker — May 15, 2009—One in five construction sites failed health and safety checks during the latest national inspection initiative carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Inspectors from Britain’s workplace regulator visited 1,759 refurbishment sites during March and checked on how 2,145 contractors were complying with health and safety regulations.
On 348 sites sufficiently serious risks were discovered to warrant enforcement action being taken either stopping work immediately or ordering improvements to be made. Close to five hundred enforcement notices were issued.
HSE said that improvements had been witnessed by its inspectors in certain parts of the country since last year when inspectors had to take enforcement action on 30 percent of the sites visited.
For more information, see the HSE Web site.
