Regional officer for the BFAWU, Mark McHugh, said the level of accidents was a massive worry and pointed out that contrary to the situation in Norway the industry in Scotland was not unionised.
“People are going to work and are not 100% sure that they are going to return in the same health condition in which they left,” he said.
He said their attempts to help with health and safety had been “pushed back time after time”.
“The longer that goes on, these injuries, life-changing amputations, broken backs, broken necks, ankle injuries will continue to rise,” he added.
