A two-week programme of inspections is set to take place on construction sites across Northern Ireland.

HSENI is conducting the inspections, starting on Monday 27 January, with a specific target placed on all non-compliant plant, unsafe practices and inadequate segregation of pedestrians and vehicles on local building sites.

This is part of a drive to reduce deaths and injuries within Northern Ireland's construction industry. 

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HSENI has unveiled what inspectors will focus their attention on:

• Adequate pedestrian and vehicle segregation

• Plant inspections, Maintenance schedules and Thorough Examinations

• Site specific Risk Assessments for operating plant.

• Training for operating different types of plant

• Footbrakes

• Handbrakes

• Lap Belts 

• Falling Object Protection Structures

• Tyres

• All round visibility

• Lifting Accessories

• Rollover Protection Structures.

The NI body will also use this programme to support its 'Construction Plant Accidents Are Preventable' message to the industry.

(CM/MH)