Surprise site safety visits drop to record low

The number of surprise construction site safety visits has fallen to a record low.
A freedom of information request made by the Unite union discovered that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) undertook only 7,647 unannounced inspections in 2022/23  – a 2% decline on the previous year when there were 7,793 inspections.
The number of inspections conducted by the HSE has been constantly falling since 2010. In 2013/14, the HSE made 11,303 proactive inspections – they have declined