Doubling fatal construction accidents by poor communication
This year doubled the number of fatal construction accidents. There is less supervision and there are misunderstandings in communication with the growing number of foreign construction workers.
In the first half of this year ten people deceased by accidents on construction. In the same period last year four. The number increased non-fatal accidents. The Social Affairs Inspectorate report after investigating more than 227 construction accidents in the first six months.
According to the inspection, the increase in part the result of rising production. Rising construction contracts and therefore more accidents happen. Yet this does not explain the entire increase. In 2008, when there were many more construction contracts, deceased fifteen people by construction accidents in a year.
Before the crisis, construction workers worked much more still to contractors, said a spokesman of the Inspectorate SZW. "Today the building site is a conglomerate of executives, employees, temporary workers and freelancers. in 2008 there are clear safety supervisors who kept an eye on. "Now everyone looks at everyone and it is unclear who is responsible for security."
In addition, increased the number of workers from outside the Netherlands. "On a construction site next to Dutch are also spoken many languages such as Polish, Romanian and English. This creates misunderstandings in communication, 'says Marga Zuurbier, Director of the Labour Inspectorate Social Affairs in a press statement.
Half of the accidents, fatal and non-fatal, are the result of a fall. Thus came in May, two construction workers from Someren deceased when they fell with platform and all of a boom lift. The other injuries caused by accidents with machinery and materials covered by construction workers.
Source: Volkskrant
This year doubled the number of fatal construction accidents. There is less supervision and there are misunderstandings in communication with the growing number of foreign construction workers.
In the first half of this year ten people deceased by accidents on construction. In the same period last year four. The number increased non-fatal accidents. The Social Affairs Inspectorate report after investigating more than 227 construction accidents in the first six months.
According to the inspection, the increase in part the result of rising production. Rising construction contracts and therefore more accidents happen. Yet this does not explain the entire increase. In 2008, when there were many more construction contracts, deceased fifteen people by construction accidents in a year.
Before the crisis, construction workers worked much more still to contractors, said a spokesman of the Inspectorate SZW. "Today the building site is a conglomerate of executives, employees, temporary workers and freelancers. in 2008 there are clear safety supervisors who kept an eye on. "Now everyone looks at everyone and it is unclear who is responsible for security."
In addition, increased the number of workers from outside the Netherlands. "On a construction site next to Dutch are also spoken many languages such as Polish, Romanian and English. This creates misunderstandings in communication, 'says Marga Zuurbier, Director of the Labour Inspectorate Social Affairs in a press statement.
Half of the accidents, fatal and non-fatal, are the result of a fall. Thus came in May, two construction workers from Someren deceased when they fell with platform and all of a boom lift. The other injuries caused by accidents with machinery and materials covered by construction workers.
Source: Volkskrant