Mother slams crane safety plans

摘要

The mother of a 23-year-old killed in the 2006 Battersea crane disaster has lashed out at the government, after it proposed axing a safety measure designed to improve tower crane safety. Liliana Alexa, whose son Michael was killed after a tower crane collapsed on the family's block of flats, said the cost-saving move was "like a slap on my face". The HSE's tower crane register was selected to be scrapped in this week s Lofstedt Review, which aims to get rid of 50% of health and safety laws within three years.