 A construction worker died at the site in January |
Construction workers at the new Wembley Stadium are marching on Wednesday to call on the government to make building sites safer. The protest is being held to mark Workers Memorial Day, a global event held every year on 28 April.
They will remember Patrick O'Sullivan, who died in January after being hit by falling scaffolding on the site in north-west London.
About 70 workers die every year on building site accidents in the UK.
One of the march's organisers, Tony O'Brien, said: "There's been over 60 construction workers killed in the last 12 months in this country and every single one of them could have been prevented.
"The public are with us on this, there are too many accidents at work, too many deaths and we want action taken to prevent this happening in the future."
The government says most accidents on sites are predictable and preventable, if employers and employees follow health and safety laws and guidelines.
Mr O'Sullivan's wife will join the march to the new stadium's site and his daughter Margaret is due to lay a wreath.
The Heath and Safety Executive is investigating the death.
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