Health and safety chiefs to rethink decision not to classify Covid as 'serious'
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mirror.co.ukHealth and Safety Executive bosses have privately agreed to review the classification of Covid-19 as merely a “significant” workplace risk.
The Mirror understands that chief executive Sarah Albon signed up to the move at a board meeting earlier this week. Board members had shared concerns that inspectors felt constrained from using their full powers to keep workplaces safe.
Many were said to be worried they wouldn’t have the full backing of HSE managers as the body hadn’t classified the pandemic as a “serious” risk.
An HSE insider said: “The board had raised serious concerns about the categorisation and the impact it was having. “They called for an urgent review of that, which was agreed by the chief executive Sarah Albon at the board
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