Inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) carried out checks at 38 sites in Blackburn, Rossendale and Hyndburn on 21 and 22 February, as part of a month-long initiative.
Seven of the 38 sites (18%) were found not to meet legally-required health and safety standards, and received prohibition notices as a result. Six of the notices stopped unsafe work being carried out at height.
Inspectors are making unannounced visits to sites, with main focus on ensuring work at height is being managed safely, sites are in good order, and the risk of exposure to asbestos is being properly managed.
HSE inspector Allen Shute said: "Workers' lives were potentially being put at risk on nearly a fifth of the sites we visited in just two days. That is a sobering statistic.”
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