There are over 2,600 workers on site, all of whom will be bought a free breakfast in the canteens across the site tomorrow morning as a thank-you for the achievement.

ODA Chairman John Armitt said: 'To complete a million hours without a reportable accident on a project of this size and complexity is challenging enough, so to do this five times is a real accomplishment.

'The ODA and all our contractors are dedicated to setting the highest standards and providing the very best working conditions, however this achievement is really thanks to the professionalism of every individual worker on the site.

'This project will get more challenging as construction activity increases across the Park, but no-one on this project is complacent and the welfare of the workers will always come first.'

The progress on the Olympic Park to date includes:
Notes to Editors

1.Over 2,600 workers are now working on the Olympic Park site and at the peak of construction over 9,000 workers will be based on site. Nearly half of these workers live in London.
2. Over one in ten workers on the Olympic Park workforce were previously unemployed before finding work helping deliver the Games and over a third of these workers live locally. Around 17 per cent of the total workforce live in one of the five Host Boroughs and there are over 90 apprentices and trainees working on site.

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Find out the latest from London 2012 HQ on our blog.

• 192 buildings demolished 
• Over one million cubic metres of soil excavated to shape the Park 
• Two 6km underground tunnels and 200km of cabling complete to house the powerlines 
• Construction started on the Olympic Stadium three months early and the Aquatics Centre two months early 
• Construction is underway on the Olympic Village and utilities infrastructure.