Posted by Jock on August 24, 2006 at 15:14:20 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Cheer Up TarBoard posted by Alan Hakim on August 24, 2006 at 12:24:40:
... Chairman of the Health and Safety Commission, no less, had spoken out against the Health and Safety 'culture', saying it was preventing people doing useful activities and diverting attention from the really useful things H&S do.
Don't believe a word of it. He defending the Commission rather than urging parents to allow children to take real risks. It's just spin. This is what is really happening.
A fire station has been built without the traditional pole because of fears that firefighters could sprain their ankles as they hit the ground.
Senior managers at the three-storey station decided it was safer for them to run down two flights of stairs.
Officials blamed health and safety regulations and space constraints for the move.