Costain boss asks workers to wear face masks on public transport

By Jordan Marshall2020-05-19T05:00:00

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Costain's workers are not using face masks on site because the company's boss said they impede safety and are not required by the CLC's site operating procedures, but he is insisting they are used on public transport to and from work.

Last month, the Construction Leadership Council said workers should only be wearing respiratory protective equipment if there is no other way they can stay 2m apart from each other.

Costain chief executive Alex Vaughan said: “The safe [sic] operating procedures are quite explicit on PPE, on construction sites in the UK we don’t use facemasks, it gets in the way of our safety. We are very clear on social distancing so we’re doing behavioural training for people, we’ve obviously put all of the safety measures in terms of putting barriers in place and demarking areas.”

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