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<p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) takes Covid-19 safety at work very seriously
and it is playing a critical role in the national response to the pandemic. The Government
has provided additional funding of £14 million to HSE to strengthen its capacity to
tackle Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the pandemic HSE has carried out
over 110,000 Coivd-19 spot checks and responded to over 18,000 concerns. Over 700
checks a day are currently taking place. Spot checks have been targeted in those industries
where workers are most likely to be vulnerable to transmission risks.</p><p> </p><p>HSE’s
evidence is that more than 90% of the businesses checked have the right precautions
in place or are willing to make necessary changes promptly and without the need for
enforcement notices. HSE will continue to take enforcement action where appropriate,
but the best use of its time and resource to ensure employers take the right action
promptly is often to educate, persuade or require matters to be put right immediately.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>HSE has to date issued two prohibition notices for breaches of workplace
COVID-secure standards, both in the oil and gas industry (part of the extractive utilities
sector).</p><p> </p><p>A further 212 COVID-19 related interventions have resulted
in improvement notices, 1,422 in written correspondence and 6429 in verbal advice.</p><p>
</p><p>The tables below provide the breakdowns by industry sector. To note, sector
comparisons cannot be made as the figures are not like for like in each sector due
to our targeting approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: COVID-19 related
interventions resulting in an outcome of improvement notice</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Industry
sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of COVID-19 related interventions resulting
in an outcome of an improvement notice</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Extractive
Utilities</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Services</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water
/ Waste Management</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Sector not specified)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 2: COVID-19 related interventions
resulting in an outcome of written correspondence</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Industry
sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of COVID-19 related cases resulting
in an outcome of written correspondence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction</p></td><td><p>457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Extractive
Utilities</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Services</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water
/ Waste Management</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Sector not specified)</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1,422</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 3: COVID-19 related interventions resulting in an outcome
of verbal advice</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Industry sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of COVID-19 related cases resulting in an outcome of verbal advice</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction</p></td><td><p>1,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Extractive
Utilities</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>2,724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Services</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water
/ Waste Management</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Sector not specified)</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>6,429</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Note: This data was extracted from HSE’s live operational database on 9<sup>th</sup>
February 2021 and is subject to change e.g. as there can be a delay of up to 10 working
days before actions are updated on the database.</p>
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