25% of Manchester construction sites fail safety inspection

Any H&S professional would know that within 30s of HSE arriving on site, the announcement of their presence would be known by all supervisors. People would be taking long breaks, changing activities and a multitude of "out of use" signs would be placed on equipment(including scaffolding) which was in use up to this point.

The Inspectors would have seen the sites in there most favourable condition!

There is no mention of possible prosecution. After all, only the law was broken and no one was killed during the inspections! This “enforcement” (prosecutions) would have sent a message that would have made a real difference.

These annual “blitzes” are not taken seriously by the industry.