19/05/2010 - Five sites fail safety inspections
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors handed out enforcement notices after five construction sites in Lincolnshire failed inspections during March.
The majority of notices were in relation to unsafe work being carried out at height and resulted in operations being halted immediately or requiring improvements to be carried out. One of the sites is still being investigated and could be subject to prosecution.
Richard Lockwood, HSE principal inspector of construction for the East Midlands, said: ""The majority of the construction sites our inspectors visited had good health and safety procedures in place. But the other sites are letting the rest of the industry down and putting workers' lives at risk.
"HSE will not tolerate poor health and safety standards on construction sites and we will continue to make unannounced visits and take enforcement action when necessary, until the message gets across. It simply isn't worth taking risks to try and save money."
One worker died and 777 others were seriously injured in the construction industry in the East Midlands in 2008/09.
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