Hapless Inverness construction workers blasted for smoking while working with GAS TANK in busy street
Fuming construction chiefs are probing the duo after a passer-by snapped them puffing away in a cordoned-off part of the city centre
FUMING construction chiefs are probing two workers caught smoking while they worked with a gas canister in a busy street.
A passer-by snapped the hapless duo puffing away in a cordoned-off part of the city centre road which was open to traffic.
The pair were working on water main and sewer connections in Inverness.
Michael Freeman, who owns the nearby Panasonic Store, said: “I find it completely unacceptable. It’s just common sense that the two things don’t go together.”
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The work is being carried out by local firm William Gray Construction as part of refurbishment of the old Citizens Advice building.
A spokesman for the company confirmed an inquiry was underway.
He said the men were subcontractors who broke strict no smoking rules but there was was “no increased level of danger”.
He added: “All employees sign to acknowledge our site rules.
"The safety of the workers, the public and businesses is a priority, and we are looking in to how this incident occurred.”
Highland Council said construction safety is not its responsibility.
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We told earlier how Dundee City Council is planning to ban employees from smoking and vaping during working hours - even on breaks.
Council chiefs said they want to reduce the number of adult “role models” seen with cigarettes in public and does not distinguish from other tobacco products.
It comes after smokers were told they could be banned from lighting up in their council homes and given vaping kits.
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