22nd October 2005, 02:01 PM
Hi Tim.Many thanx for your off-line email sir. If there is any way of researching the facts contained in your last post, will let you know.Stomach turning if true.....
I heard recently of a unit that went to the trouble of shoring deep trenches (to industry standards) but left the excavators down the hole while lifting huge sacks of spoil out by sling.People were pinned to the sides a couple of times before someone noticed this large but obvious gaff. The overall HS culture desperately requires a re-appraisal. One of the most recurrent themes is where archy teams working on live construction sites have no control over the behaviour of builder types. I` v said this before but no-one picked up on it...there`s no point in having one risk assessment for us and one for the developer if the two don`t tie in. There are plenty of developers out there who employ cheap crud (as we do) many of whom are not licensed to operate the machinery they abuse in order to chase some pubescent machismo agenda. Whilst this thread has been read by many and, has resulted in a better than average number of responses-things are not changing on the ground.Simple questions are not being answered either. We`re no where near finished on this yet guys and girlies and until we are, if it aint safe-walk away until it is.If you recieve a pubescent response to your concerns-call BAJR hotline.If still not satisfied-do two things...call the IFA and while your at it, take photos and call the HSE.Lets see if a few huge fines can sort the sexually handicapped from the professionals shall we?}
I heard recently of a unit that went to the trouble of shoring deep trenches (to industry standards) but left the excavators down the hole while lifting huge sacks of spoil out by sling.People were pinned to the sides a couple of times before someone noticed this large but obvious gaff. The overall HS culture desperately requires a re-appraisal. One of the most recurrent themes is where archy teams working on live construction sites have no control over the behaviour of builder types. I` v said this before but no-one picked up on it...there`s no point in having one risk assessment for us and one for the developer if the two don`t tie in. There are plenty of developers out there who employ cheap crud (as we do) many of whom are not licensed to operate the machinery they abuse in order to chase some pubescent machismo agenda. Whilst this thread has been read by many and, has resulted in a better than average number of responses-things are not changing on the ground.Simple questions are not being answered either. We`re no where near finished on this yet guys and girlies and until we are, if it aint safe-walk away until it is.If you recieve a pubescent response to your concerns-call BAJR hotline.If still not satisfied-do two things...call the IFA and while your at it, take photos and call the HSE.Lets see if a few huge fines can sort the sexually handicapped from the professionals shall we?}