Lax labour-rules link in Olympic accidents

摘要

Construction workers' union UCATT thinks that weaker employment rules could be the reason for a higher rate of accidents on the Olympic Village site compared with the Olympic Park. The union has learned that the accident frequency rate (AFR) on the Athletes' Village is 0.24 for every million man hours worked over the last three months of 2010. This compares with an AFR of 0.11 on the Olympic Park site. A health and safety progress report for the entire site, covering the period from July to September 2010, shows that there were 12 RIDDOR accidents over the period - four on the Olympic Park and eight on the Village.