WorkSafe Victoria has called on the state’s housing construction industry to make sure their sites and work practices are up to scratch ahead of a safety blitz due to start early next month.

WorkSafe inspectors will target housing construction sites in the western part of the state in February as part of the ongoing Operation SafeSite.

WorkSafe regional director, Adam Rogers, said teams of inspectors would saturate areas around Ballarat, Bendigo, Warrnambool, Geelong and Mildura as part of the blitz.

“We’re still seeing too many serious incidents on housing sites around the state, with around 25 occurring each week,“ he said.

Mr Rogers said inspectors would target basic safety issues as well as sites carrying out high risk construction work.

He said it was important builders and sub contractors took the time to check how effectively they were managing safety planning, worker supervision, fall prevention, electrical safety, site housekeeping and onsite worker facilities.