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DWP announces enquiry into construction fatalities
December 1st 2008

James Purnell, Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), has announced he has commissioned an inquiry into the underlying causes of construction fatalities. In appointing Rita Donaghy as independent Chair to the inquiry, James Purnell said:

"The construction industry is one of the most dangerous sectors in the country - over 2,800 people have died from injuries they received as a result of construction work in the past 25 years. "

No one can find it acceptable that this number of people have died directly as a cause of their work and we are not making sufficient progress on preventing this total of human misery.

"The high number of fatalities in construction sector continue to be of particular concern to us which is why I have asked Rita Donaghy to Chair an inquiry looking at the underlying causes of construction fatal incidents to see what more can done to reduce this terrible toll."

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