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Steel bars 02.11.2005

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Steel bars

A 19-year-old worker was crushed to death by falling steel bars. He had been working underneath a suspended load, held in a sling that was operated by another relatively inexperienced worker. Neither the young worker, nor the person he was working with, in charge of the site, had received adequate instruction and training. Investigators emphasised the duty that employers have to ensure that workers and their supervisors are trained, and urged all construction firms to review their training and induction procedures.

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Maive Rute, Director for Promotion of SMEs' Competitiveness at the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry and Deputy SME Envoy