Company and four people convicted over construction worker's fatal accident in Aveiro
The foreman and the site director were each handed a suspended prison sentence of three years and nine months.
Four convicted over fatal accident at a construction site
The foreman and the site director received suspended prison sentences of three years and nine months. The manager and the safety officer were given suspended prison sentences of three years.
Company and four people convicted over worker's fatal accident in Aveiro
The foreman and the site director were given suspended prison sentences of three years and nine months.
Security guard at Olympic shipyard dies on freezing night
On a night when thermometers read -12°C, Pietro Zantonini died while on one of his rounds at the shipyard he was guarding. His family say the conditions were unacceptable; the guard had previously complained about a lack of protection.
Portugal misses EU deadline to reduce workers' exposure to asbestos
SOS Amianto warns that Portugal “has not published the decree-law and the country enters into formal non-compliance today.” Exposure to this substance is responsible for 75% of occupational cancers in the European Union.