Death of a worker on the Channel Tunnel raises health and safety issues
- Title
- Death of a worker on the Channel Tunnel raises health and safety issues
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 30 Jul 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:02:24
- Description
- Yigal Chazan reports as Health and Safety watchdogs have launched an investigation after the death of Channel Tunnel construction worker Charles McCourt. McCourt was killed by an electric shock only three weeks after construction company TransManche Link promised an increase in security. The British side of the tunnel is said to have a much worse safety record than that of the French. Employment Secretary Michael Howard and safety inspector Tony Lenahan speak of the insufficient written emergency plans and the procedures in place to stop future accidents. Interviewer not heard.
- Contributors
- Michael Howard; Tony Lenahan; Yigal Chazan
- Keywords
- Deaths; Reports; France; Occupational health and safety; England; Channel tunnels; Construction industry personnel; Health and Safety Executive; Charles McCourt; TransManche Link
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LBC/IRN, "Death of a worker on the Channel Tunnel raises health and safety issues". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007200398001 (Accessed 23 May 2025)