Unite raises suspicions over deaths of four workers on Crossrail — PBC Today

Unite has urged the HSE to inves­ti­gate seri­ous health con­cerns at Crossrail’s Bond Street sta­tion fol­low­ing the death of four work­ers

Source: Unite rais­es sus­pi­cions over deaths of four work­ers on Cross­rail

Four per­son­nel have died in their sleep at bond street sta­tion dur­ing the land­mark con­struc­tion project known as Cross­rail, man­aged by Costain / Skan­s­ka. It is rumoured dust mon­i­tors have been high.

Con­struc­tion dust is a known issue par­tic­u­lar­ly dur­ing refur­bish­ment where Asbestos is a known killer. Sil­i­co­sis is yet anoth­er aggres­sive ail­ment caused main­ly by the cut­ting of cemen­ti­tious prod­ucts but gen­er­al­ly emanates from mate­r­i­al includ­ing ground.

Reports have men­tioned that at least one work­er involved was work­ing 5 lev­els below ground pri­or to death.