15th July 2005, 11:56 AM
In my short archaeological life (I hesitate to call it a career) I have also seen some nightmares, including the "Dummy" ordnance episodes to which Troll refers, which was just asking for an entry into last years Darwin awards (though the controlled explosions were entertaining
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Excavation of human remains with no handwashing facilities.
No drinking water on site in extremely high temperatures etc etc. I was a Health and Safety advisor in the Oil exploration industry in my previous life, and to be quite honest I have issued "STOP" notices for lesser shortcomings than we see every day in this job. And that is saying a lot, as Oil companies are working towards serious profits, not the crumbs which some unit's seem to be
picking up from developers. The difference being that it (Oil) is a high profile job, and it does the multi nationals no favours if they cut corners in H&S just too save money.
We have all heard the stories of the good old days of the 70's, mattocking in flip flops etc, and quaint as these tales are over tea break, it goes to show that not a lots changed in damn near 4 decades. Its definitely time something was done, but dont get the idea that its someone elses responsibility, as CuratorKid so rightly said, SAFETY is the responsibility of EVERYONE on site, so it's up to us as a workforce to make sure that employers do their duty. Sorry to go on but this is a subject that I actually know something about.
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)Excavation of human remains with no handwashing facilities.
No drinking water on site in extremely high temperatures etc etc. I was a Health and Safety advisor in the Oil exploration industry in my previous life, and to be quite honest I have issued "STOP" notices for lesser shortcomings than we see every day in this job. And that is saying a lot, as Oil companies are working towards serious profits, not the crumbs which some unit's seem to be
picking up from developers. The difference being that it (Oil) is a high profile job, and it does the multi nationals no favours if they cut corners in H&S just too save money.
We have all heard the stories of the good old days of the 70's, mattocking in flip flops etc, and quaint as these tales are over tea break, it goes to show that not a lots changed in damn near 4 decades. Its definitely time something was done, but dont get the idea that its someone elses responsibility, as CuratorKid so rightly said, SAFETY is the responsibility of EVERYONE on site, so it's up to us as a workforce to make sure that employers do their duty. Sorry to go on but this is a subject that I actually know something about.
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