25% of Manchester construction sites fail safety inspection

More than a quarter of the construction sites visited in Greater Manchester last week failed safety inspections.

HSE inspectors carried out checks at 163 construction sites in Manchester, Salford and Trafford during two days of intensive inspections. They issued a total of 56 enforcement notices at 42 sites, either stopping work immediately or requiring improvements to be made. Some construction companies may face prosecution.

Nearly half of the enforcement notices concerned unsafe wor... (325 more words)

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