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Effects of Covid 19 on Construction

  • 29-03-2020 1:41pm
    #1
    Ryu Hayabusa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭


    [The construction company I work is one of the largest in Ireland. and a disgrace for how they handled covid 19

    Before the closure, half the site had returned to their families out of fear, and non faith of how the company was treating the situation.

    A subcontractor of 5 operatives who all live and travel together, two operatives showed Flu like symptoms,

    I sent away all of them and advised them to self isolate 14 days or when a test is undertaken, which is HSE guidelines. The project manager brought them back, risking the sites wellbeing if these men had covid 19, for the sake of progress

    Half the workforce of the job left the site due to seeing these potentially covid 19 carriers.

    A project manager, who held back hand sanitizer from the workforce, waiting to fill the dispensers if/only the HSE turned up to site. We had no hand sanitizer for days.

    Temperature testing reading 32c to 34c on men, a complete shambles, but told just to keep doing it. No effort to get a working thermometer. And no mask for the man testing,

    No masks for our guys working close quarters 1m company policy, when I said to project manager that we have no masks and they should stop as some construction activities need two persons close quarter and masks,

    I was told that was not my descison. A blind eye turned to the men working together and no social distancing, totally against the hse and governmentb

    Health and safety director, when I challenged him, he said until a sick man gets tested and turns positive for covid q9, they can work onsite as we don’t have the labour levels to turn away men.

    There was a lot more, but the more I write, the angrier I get

    My job was then threatened saying, if I didn’t feel comfortable staying, plenty site managers from the fit out side of the company would take my position.


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