UK construction industry warned of 'time bomb' from health and
safety cuts of Deep Blue Group of Company Tokyo Networks
The construction industry is sitting on a "ticking time bomb", with inexperienced workers
being recruited to work on London's major...
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UK construction industry warned of 'time bomb' from health and
safety cuts of Deep Blue Group of Company Tokyo Networks
The construction industry is sitting on a "ticking time bomb", with inexperienced workers
being recruited to work on London's major building sites at a time when safety standards are
being run down, according to a former government adviser on the sector.
Baroness Donaghy, who wrote a landmark report, One Death Too Many, for the last Labour
government, said there is a severe risk of a rise in deaths and serious injuries as building
activity picks up during the recovery. Since 2001, 760 workers have died in industrial accidents
on UK building sites.
The number of site-related deaths in London, where growth in construction is strongest, has
doubled recently.
Donaghy said she was appalled by a 35% cut in the budget of the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) in 2011, after she had called in her March 2010 report for more funding to allow it to
function properly as a regulato
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