Safety report recommendations 'should be adopted'
Construction
14th July 2009
A new report examining death rates in the construction sector has made a series of good recommendations, according to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
The study by Rita Donaghy on building industry safety concluded that construction deaths should be deemed "socially unacceptable" and the organisation wants each fatality to be "recognised by the public as a preventable tragedy".
Delivered to the work and pensions secretary, the report - entitled One Too Many - calls for advice for courts on levels of punishment, involving workers more in health and safety, extending the Gangmaster Licensing requirements and positive directors' duties.
The IOSH called on ministers, workers and employers to implement the advice that has come from the investigation and John Lacey, chairman of the institution's construction group, stated: "It's crucial that we also have an adequate enforcement regime, including increased resources for inspection at the Health and Safety Executive."
More than 2,800 people have died working in the UK construction sector over the past 25 years.
In related news, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors recently forecast that the "collapse in output" in the UK building industry may start to stabilise by the end of this year.
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