scoobyears:
Have they had an accident to justify these, at first glance harsh restrictions ■■
Making you park up outside means you are not their problem/responsibility whilst you wait, a simple but very effective control measure
quite rightly i would insist on reducing the number of pallets that the FLT can transport at any one time, vision, instability of the load, route, capacity of the FLT etc.
ensuring your’s and the companies employees safety should be the companies No.1 priority and by keeping you behind a barrier, ensure’s you are under their control.
sat in the cab is not always the best option, especially if you have the keys, drive offs while loading etc.
talking to the operator will cause lack of concentration on his part and also puts you in the danger area of the moving FLT and the potential unsafe load.
forkies in general, don’t want to hit you, but if they are distracted whilst operating then accidents do occur.
look at the other places you go to, and by using this place as a bench mark, how unsafe are they, due to lax controls ■■
How many times whilst you are are in your own little world have you been distracted by other drivers, willy wavers and totty etc. causing you to lose concentration for a moment ?
like it or loathe it, “elf and safetee” is here to stay, it pays my wages, I travel the world, I enjoy it and it got me out of pointing a wagon.!!! ![:smiley: :smiley:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/smiley.png?v=12)
You do seem well indoctrinated into the culture that’s for sure.
In my opinion, H&S policy, basically does the following:
- Protects companies and institutions (schools, hospitals, local government) from being sued by people when they get injured - we told you not to do this but you went ahead anyway - this can obviously cover pretty much anything
Conker playing
School trips
Must wear a hi-viz in bed ![:laughing: :laughing:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/laughing.png?v=12)
Collisions and “accidents” ( they can’t be called that anymore - someone must be to blame) take ages to clear due to H&S cobblers
Caution hot! Labels on coffee cups
Firemen in life jackets in streams and puddles etc etc
- Reduces liability premiums resulting from above - it reduces the clients exposure to risk
It’s mostly utter utter bollox mate. I can see why it might be useful in a nuclear power plant or refinery or on a railway but in a school cooking class - please.
H&S serves itself really and doesn’t seem to genuinely offer protection to ordinary working people as it should.
A woman I work with, her husband is an out of work H&S Officer - he can find a job (surprising). A practically rejoiced when I heard he was struggling to find a job - I thought well that’s one less of them about anyway
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Here’s a parting thought:
If you leave snow and ice outside your house and a little old lady slips, she can’t sue you.
If you try and clear it, by whatever means you see fit and she slips, she could sue you as you have made active efforts to address the problem
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So what are you going to do? Leave the snow and ice…
See?! Utter utter bollox