Opening hotline safety in construction
This Monday, Holland’s largest trade union FNV opened a hotline for construction safety issues. This was prompted by a shocking report that Inspection SZW had published about the rise of serious accidents in construction.
Recognise and report dangerous building jobs
The labour union and the inspections are teaming up: employees that spot dangerous situations at the construction site can now report it through various channels, such as e-mail, phone or app. To set the bar low, reporting dangerous situations can be done anonymously. The construction site will then be inspected.
Employers lack initiative
The FNV union states that the reason to intervene is that employers, contractors and subcontractors have not intervened. The construction sector has consistently ranked in the top three of most dangerous places to work in The Netherlands for years. The labour union decided to act now because it sees it as its task to maintain good working conditions.
Alarming numbers: serious accidents in dangerous building jobs increase
According to the data provided by the inspection, the number of serious accidents in construction in the first half of 2016 increased by 14% compared to last year. The number of fatal accidents even grew by over 50%. Building jobs can be dangerous: MrFix agrees that everybody deserves a safe working place and that everybody should be working under the right circumstances. You run risks too when you do a building job yourself or hire an uninsured, unregistered contractor. The (free-lance) painters, electricians and other specialists that MrFix arranges for you work safely and are all registered and insured!