State Labour Inspectorate Confirms Deaths at Stadium the Result of Negligence

The State Labour Inspectorate presented its findings concerning the death of two workers at the construction site of the National Stadium in Warsaw. The Inspectorate found that basic safety measures were not adhered to and this was the direct cause of their deaths.

The workers died when the crane basket they were riding in fell off and they plunged almost 20 meters to their deaths. The baskets shouldn't have been used at all as they did not meet a number of standards. The chains used were also broken.

The workers did not even have the proper permission to work in high places, so they shouldn't have been given this task. There should have also been a special supervisor overseeing the attaching of the basket to the crane but there wasn't. The crane also shouldn't have been used because it did not have the technical clearance to do so.

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