Here, Stegra workers work at a high height without fall protection

During Wednesday, a man died at Stegra in a fall accident.

Ivan Osipov previously worked as a security officer at one of the contractors. He says he feared someone would die in a workplace accident and therefore resigned before the summer.

- I alerted several people in leading positions that things will soon go bad.

"Hiding incidents"

Osipov says that during two years in the project he raised the alarm about security flaws without measures being taken. SVT has obtained several images from the construction site that show workers at a high height without fall protection.

Ivan Osipov states that he has seen incidents where workers were injured but which were not reported to the Swedish Work Environment Agency.

- They hide it without saying the word hide, of course. The investigations were very weak. They have largely never picked up on the alarms that reached them.

Sounded the alarm to the security manager

A week before he quit, Osipov emailed Stegra's security chief Mark Andrew. In the email, which SVT has seen, he lists ten security problems. Among other things, he addresses incidents that he believes have not been properly investigated, risks when working at high altitudes and a lack of competence in parts of the work environment organisation.

Andrew replied that the information needs to be checked against facts and routines and that the email is based on Osipov's own experiences.

"The comments reflect individual experiences and need to be balanced with a broader perspective," he wrote.

This is how Stegra responds to the criticism

Stegra does not want to comment on the cause of Wednesday's fatal accident while the investigation is ongoing. They are instead generally responsible for the company's security procedures.

According to press manager Karin Hallstan, they have detailed procedures regarding the work environment and safety for everyone who comes to the workplace. Partly those that are linked to Swedish legislation, but also additional requirements set by the company.

According to Stegra, work at high altitude must always be risk assessed and planned. They take a serious look at whether contractors do not comply with current work environment laws.

"We follow up and control our part of the work environment responsibility as a developer via our construction environment coordinators for the various areas of the construction and our work environment plan. When individuals do not follow these routines and requirements, they are removed from the construction site," writes Hallstan.