Every year, accidents on construction sites across the globe lead to fatalities and serious injuries. Indeed, incidents such as falling from scaffolding or being struck by a vehicle make working on a building site one of the most dangerous professions in the world.
Across the country, there were 937 fatal work injuries in the private construction industry in 2015 alone, the highest number since 2008. Each year one in ten construction workers is injured on site, a huge number considering the industry workforce consists of approximately 9.6 million.
