Health and Safety

jaysay · 26-02-2011, 10:23

My Daughter has just told me this morning about a friend of hers who has sadly lost one of their parents this week, she just said you'll never guess what my friend and his brothers were doing yesterday afternoon, Go on I says, they had to go to the undertakers to learn how to carry a coffin as they are going to carry the coffin at the funeral on Monday, its new Health and Safety regulations

cashman · 26-02-2011, 10:38

whilst Elf n Safety can be daft at times, aint sure this is a bad idea,have been to funerals where i have seen folk struggle lugging the stiff, can look very ungainly,

jaysay · 26-02-2011, 10:52

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Originally Posted by cashman

whilst Elf n Safety can be daft at times, aint sure this is a bad idea,have been to funerals where i have seen folk struggle lugging the stiff, can look very ungainly,

Seemingly its only just come in recently, somebody put a claim in to an undertaker for hurting their back at a funeral, the worlds gone mad

cmonstanley · 26-02-2011, 10:58

where theres blame theres a claim

cashman · 26-02-2011, 10:59

dont surprise me at all, way of the world, but can see how folk can get hurt lifting the wrong way.

jaysay · 26-02-2011, 11:05

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dont surprise me at all, way of the world, but can see how folk can get hurt lifting the wrong way.

Ya bu its only now that everybody is now on the make, there's no such thing as an accident anymore, if the same logic applied 40 years ago I'd have made a flaming fortune form miner accidents at work, but in those days you just got up brushed yourself down and got on with it

gynn · 26-02-2011, 11:13

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in those days you just got up brushed yourself down and got on with it

Hopefully the poor fellow in the coffin won't.

jaysay · 26-02-2011, 11:23

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Hopefully the poor fellow in the coffin won't.

Well I have a varied sense of humour, but actually I don't really find that at all funny

gynn · 26-02-2011, 11:42

Sorry.

cashman · 26-02-2011, 11:43

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Ya bu its only now that everybody is now on the make, there's no such thing as an accident anymore, if the same logic applied 40 years ago I'd have made a flaming fortune form miner accidents at work, but in those days you just got up brushed yourself down and got on with it

Disagree, twas the 80s when things really changed fer the worse n just gone downhill since.

jaysay · 26-02-2011, 11:48

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Sorry.

Thanks

Neil · 26-02-2011, 12:27

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Originally Posted by cashman

Disagree, twas the 80s when things really changed fer the worse n just gone downhill since.

A lot of it is just common sense put into writing for those that dont have any.
Most people have little bumps and falls still dont report it or sue the company because they want to keep there job.

I still see dangerous things going on and usually comment when I do.

Walked away from a job a few years ago when the idiot in charge of the job was about to hacksaw an 11KV cable that he knew was the right one because he put it in the ground 15 years before. I laughed and said I cant remember what I had for my tea last week.

The correct procedure is and always has been to prove the cable dead at point of work using a device that basically fires a chisel through the cable with an exploding cap while you stand a long way away.

What I am trying to say is that is does not matter what safety procedures are put in place people will still get hurt because they ignore them.

I am big on H&S but only when its sensible and correct. I see to many stupid ideas still.

yerself · 26-02-2011, 12:33

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Originally Posted by cashman

lugging the stiff

Is this a technical term used by undertakers/funeral directors?

Barrie Yates · 26-02-2011, 14:35

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Originally Posted by cashman

dont surprise me at all, way of the world, but can see how folk can get hurt lifting the wrong way.

Late '70s, I had to supervise a funeral parade. The SNCO and 6 airmen had 2 practice sessions on lifting the coffin out of the hearse and then carrying it - H & S had already struck in the RAF in the late '70s

Neil · 26-02-2011, 16:06

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Late '70s, I had to supervise a funeral parade. The SNCO and 6 airmen had 2 practice sessions on lifting the coffin out of the hearse and then carrying it - H & S had already struck in the RAF in the late '70s

Why do you say "struck" like it is a bad thing?