I'm off ill and there's some workmen out side of my house building two new houses across the street. none of them have hard hat or safty boot on. there is a sign they put up saying that all protective stuff should be worn. is it ok for them not to have any of the proper gear on while working on the site?
2007-01-18 20:21:07 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
if i should where should i report them too ?
2007-01-18 20:27:33 · update #1
Shawn
These builders are breaking the law... you can report them to your local council, as building work has to go via them + no work or machinery is permitted to be used before 8am.
2007-01-18 20:34:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a criminal offence not to wear protective items. The sign is there to protect the company from liability in the event of claims being made against them either by employees or members of the public. It is a health and safety issue. If any of the workmen were injured during the course of their work any claim for compensation they may make would be reduced by the court under what is known as 'contributory negligence'. So if a workman received a head injury and was not wearing a hard hat at the time, any compensation would be reduced!
Do not worry. The sign is there for the safety of those workmen and the public. If they chose to ignore it - be it on their own heads!
2007-01-23 21:19:36 · answer #2 · answered by Shelby P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they should be reported if you are uncomfortable with this.
There should be a building contractors sign attached to the building site fence with a number on it - maybe just contact the company and grass them up to the boss
2007-01-18 20:31:08 · answer #3 · answered by ♥*´M`*♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Def not! as soon as they enter thesite they must wear all ther S.Ei exect there foreman isnt on site so thy fink they can get away wiv it, till 1 ov um gets ert n wants 2 put a claim in that is
2007-01-18 20:25:31 · answer #4 · answered by racey_tra_c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are breaking EU regs..but unless they have deliberately chosen not to wear the correct gear (as opposed to the contractor not supplying the correct gear) their choice to not wear it is their choice..they only have themselves to blame if something happens...otherwise they can sue if they hurt themsleves...but the foreman should be enforcing the regulations.
2007-01-18 20:25:29 · answer #5 · answered by michael s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just ring the health and safety they will be round a s a p and enforce the law or the build cannot proceed looks like a cowboy build
2007-01-19 20:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by The tagg master 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its up to them, but if they have an accident they ain't insured and they will be the ones regretting it when they got to take time off work to recover from the injury's sustained. be a right swine and phone the HaS inspector ( number in yellow pages) you,ll be doing them a HUGE favour really.
2007-01-18 20:27:25 · answer #7 · answered by "THE WISE ONE" 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey i work on a site and not everyone wears protective gear,it's there own safty they play with so let there boss deal with it
2007-01-18 20:30:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they get injured on the job there supervisor can get in trouble for not making them or at least enforcing the rules litigation can become very nasty with Workman's comp...
2007-01-18 20:28:39 · answer #9 · answered by no one here gets out alive 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call the company that they work for and give a detailed as a description as you can, if you can, give the license plate and a description of the guys who were not wearing safety gear
2007-01-18 21:20:51 · answer #10 · answered by Jen 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋