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Construction and building site accidents
17 October 2008
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports that 2.2 million people work in Britain’s construction industry, making it the country’s biggest.
But it is also one of the most dangerous. In the last 25 years more than 2,500 people have died from injuries on construction sites.
The most common injuries are the result of:
- falls, slips or trips
- defective and/or dangerous work equipment
- negligence of fellow employees
- falling objects
- neck and back problems
- skin problems caused by exposure to toxic substances
- breathing problems caused by exposure to toxic substances such as asbestos
- problems caused by noise or vibration, such as deafness and/or hand arm vibration syndrome, vibration white finger etc
- stress
Working on construction sites is governed by the Construction (Health Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1996.
The Regulations apply equally to employees and the self-employed.
A construction site is defined as any place where the principal work activity being carried out is construction work, which means building, civil engineering, engineering construction work, and includes construction, alteration, conversions, fitting out, commissioning, renovation, repair, upkeep, redecoration or other maintenance.
Should you be injured in an accident at work on a construction site, even if you think you were to blame or one of your colleagues was to blame, you may still have a claim for compensation.
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