Health and safety officer attacked on construction site
A health and safety project supervisor received four stitches to his head after a building surveyor assaulted him on Saturday morning. The building surveyor allegedly hit the project supervisor with one of his crutches after he was told he was not fit to be on site since he was not wearing safety clothing. A police spokesperson confirmed that an argument broke out at a construction site and that the police were investigating. The health and safety project supervisor has worked in that role for 15 years, but this was the first time he was assaulted, although he was the target of verbal abuse. “I went to a site to carry out a health and safety inspection, and upon entering the place I noticed a person on crutches wearing a medical boot. He was not wearing the shoes that have to be worn on a construction site,” he said. “I was a bit surprised, especially as he was coming down an area full of rubble in that condition. I introduced myself as the health and safety officer and told him he could not stay there in that condition.” “I kept insisting he accompanies me out of the site so I could explain better why he shouldn’t be there but he only got closer and started shouting in my...