Over one third of London's basement construction unsafe
More than one in three basement construction sites in London has failed health and safety checks the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), said today.
On 40 sites out of 109 site surveyed recently by HSE inspectors, enforcement action was taken. They issued a total of 76 safety improvement notices and at four of those projects, conditions were so dangerous that the sites were shut down.
More than half of the prohibition notices served dealt with real risks of workers falling from height, either into unfenced excavations or through unprotected floor openings.
Inspectors visited 109 sites in the London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea andWestminster & Wandsworth, on 15 and 16 November.
As result of the issues uncovered, the HSE is organising a free awareness event to all involved in basement construction at Wandsworth Town Hall on 19 January 2012
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