13th December 2005, 03:17 PM
"The major problem was that the majority of people doing the diggers job were totally inappropriate staff."
"Compared to the quality of work and to the standards in H&S I have seen in the UK on the sites that I have worked on it was an absolute shambles."
Same here (normally because of Cantonal "job creation" exercises or PO's building "personal empires". Excavation and recording standards are generally poor with some notable exceptions.
We have very strict H+S rules governing "Construction sites, Demolitions, Tunnels and Excavations" the problem is that PO's and their Cantonal Arch Units don't follow them or don't know of their existence Again there are are some notable exceptions.
Was permanently handicapped after a site accident on a flooded site when the PO refused to close us down for H+S reasons. Result 4 accidents.
Little Tim
"Compared to the quality of work and to the standards in H&S I have seen in the UK on the sites that I have worked on it was an absolute shambles."
Same here (normally because of Cantonal "job creation" exercises or PO's building "personal empires". Excavation and recording standards are generally poor with some notable exceptions.
We have very strict H+S rules governing "Construction sites, Demolitions, Tunnels and Excavations" the problem is that PO's and their Cantonal Arch Units don't follow them or don't know of their existence Again there are are some notable exceptions.
Was permanently handicapped after a site accident on a flooded site when the PO refused to close us down for H+S reasons. Result 4 accidents.
Little Tim