Most
workplace deaths in London have been on building sites so far this year,
according to a new report.
London
Death Watch, a group which monitors work-related deaths, says at least 10
workers were killed in London in the first six months of the year, mainly after
accidents on building sites.
In
the three-month period leading up to the beginning of April, 27 construction
workers were killed in workplace accidents throughout the UK.
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Death
Watch has called for tighter legislation to prosecute executives for corporate
killing and blames lax health and safety for turning construction sites into
‘the killing fields for London workers’.
