Wintergreen wrote:Holkerbird wrote:
The two blocks of concrete at the end of the stand by the green bin are another tripping hazard.
I fell over these on Tuesday and I am now black and blue down my arm and have cut my shin. Hospital gave me a tetanus and diptheria jab as the area of the floor where I cut myself was swimming in dirty water and rubbish. I have no idea where these came from or who placed them there.
Very sorry to hear that Elaine, hope you’re soon fully fit again. For all their enthusiasm, safety awareness is perhaps the one thing the Maintenance Group lack. I hope your accident will put safety awareness and the benefit of a brief mental risk assessment in everyone’s mind in future.
Identify the hazards then either: Eliminate, Reduce, Isolate, or Control them. Keep the workplace tidy; wear the correct personal protective equipment. Everybody gets to go home again and not to hospital or the mortuary.
Errr, Mr WG, it wasn't anything to do with any of the volunteers - Elaine just explained that.
We always remind people of H & S issues & "to be careful out there"
Take for instance the time I climbed a rickety old ladder & told mrsenario to hold the bottom for me, is that not safety awareness? Just because he's deaf & had wandered off for a talk leaving me balanced up there is another matter
as the saying goes "it's the thought that counts"
Seriously though, we have a builder to build, we have qualified spark's to do all the electrical work, joiners that use circular saws everday & before any college students came into the ground we had the college saftey rep come down for an inspection & to check the club had insurance, add on to that the ground saftey rules that have to be followed with regards fire extiguishers etc. I think the rest (painting, insulation, cutting the grass, replacing a broken toilet, picking litter) is the same as someone doing a bit of DIY at home
We didn't underestimate them, we just didn't think they were that good.
