It was on Thursday that the Swedish Work Environment Authority, the Swedish Tax Agency, the Gender Equality Authority and the border police carried out a joint inspection by the authorities.
On Thursday, the police checked a total of twelve employees and in seven cases questions arose as to whether the foreign workers were allowed to work and stay in Sweden.
The control resulted in a person being asked to leave the country and a case was handed over to the Swedish Migration Board for further processing.
Reports of violations of the Aliens Act have been made.
- From the police side, it was a successful effort where we found what we expected, comments Rickard Andersson at the border police who had a group on site in Bureå and Skellefteå.
Two immediate bans
The Swedish Work Environment Authority also found major shortcomings.
The inspections resulted in, among other things, two immediate bans due to the risk of falling and the risk of landslides in the shaft at Karlgårdsbron in Skellefteå.
SVT Nyheter Västerbotten was able to report last week on, among other things, safety deficiencies on the construction site.
- The ban means, due to the risk of falling on the south side of the river, that they are simply forbidden to perform the tasks until they have corrected this, comments section manager Madeleine Wahter.
According to the Swedish Work Environment Authority, there were also shortcomings in the work environment plan, safety patrols, knowledge of the construction work environment coordinator (Bas-U), scaffolding training, storage of gas cylinders and control of shafts.
SVT News has sought the bridge contractor.
The Swedish Tax Agency also found shortcomings
The Swedish Work Environment Authority will demand that the shortcomings be rectified.
It may also be relevant to report on two of the shortcomings;
lack of fall protection and prior notification of the construction site, as these are associated with a penalty fee.
The Swedish Tax Agency carried out an inspection of personnel files.
Deficiencies were discovered in the form of individuals not being registered for the work shift.
The shortcomings will lead to control fees being imposed on the companies concerned.
- These joint government efforts are yielding results and therefore we will try to do more and more often, says border police Rickard Andersson.
The Building Trade Union welcomes the fact that the inspection has finally been carried out.
- We have been trying to point this out for months so we are happy that people are finally listening and acting to prevent serious accidents, says ombudsman Daniel Envall.