{"id":638,"date":"2012-09-06T16:17:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T15:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/?p=638"},"modified":"2012-09-06T16:17:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T15:17:23","slug":"grim-reaper-visits-carillion-death-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/2012\/09\/06\/grim-reaper-visits-carillion-death-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Grim reaper visits Carillion death hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Workers employed by Carillion who were blacklisted after raising safety concerns have protested outside a court in Swansea where the firm is being prosecuted after a site death.<\/p>\n

The plea and case management hearing at Swansea Crown Court on 6 September 2012 was in relation to the death of scaffolder Russell Samuel. The father of two, aged 40, suffered massive head injuries on 22 January 2008 after falling 62ft from a skyscraper complex which includes the tallest residential building in Wales.<\/p>\n

Febrey Limited, Michael Febrey and Carillion Construction Limited are all charged with criminal breaches of safety law in a case brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The union GMB<\/a> called the demonstration outside the court.<\/p>\n

One of the demonstrators was dressed as a \u2018grim reaper\u2019, complete with scythe. Protesters carried placards bearing the words \u2018Carillion blacklisted health and safety representatives says GMB\u2019 and \u2018Carillion corporate bullying risks death and injuries on sites.\u2019<\/p>\n

GMB national officer Justin Bowden said: \u201cThis demonstration is to highlight the terrible toll of death and injury in the construction sector and to underline the importance of the proper enforcement of health and safety laws to prevent this carnage. Employers which kill and maim workers are as guilty of a crime as someone who kills or maims while drink-driving.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that Carillion was part of a \u201cblacklisting conspiracy which deprived workers in the sector of jobs even when they raised concerns about the enforcement of basic health and safety and hygiene standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justin Bowden and GMB Scotland secretary Harry Donaldson gave evidence to the House of Commons\u2019 Scottish Affairs Committee enquiry<\/a> on blacklisting on 4 September 2012. The union says only 194 of the 3,213 workers on a construction-industry run blacklist exposed by the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) in 2009 know they were targeted three years on.<\/p>\n

The situation is an \u201cindictment\u201d of the ICO, the union said, describing the privacy watchdog\u2019s excuses for not contacting blacklisted workers as \u201cso weak as to be a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Workers employed by Carillion who were blacklisted after raising safety concerns have protested outside a court in Swansea where the firm is being prosecuted after a site death. The plea and case management hearing at Swansea Crown Court on 6 September 2012 was in relation to the death of scaffolder Russell Samuel. The father of … <\/p>\n

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