HSE warns 'still room for improvement on Highlands construction
sites'
Following a series of intensive inspections of refurbishment
sites throughout the Highlands this month, inspectors from the
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have said they are reasonably
happy with standards but warned that there was still room for
improvement
In support of its Shattered Lives and Hidden Killer campaigns,
HSE inspectors targeted principal contactors in the Highlands to
see how they are managing:
* Working at height safely;
* Good order on site; and
* The risks associated with exposure to asbestos
During the inspections, inspectors visited 23 sites, and saw 39
contractors on those sites. They issued two Prohibition Notices -
legal documents preventing unsafe activity from taking place -for
dangerous working at height.
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