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KKemp  
#1 Posted : 19 April 2011 08:34:07(UTC)
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KKemp

Hello,

Would like to ask your opinion on something which i am not sure about. The other day a Contractor came onto our site to check / test gas meter. This meter is just outside of the fence but still on our waste land i suppose. Anyway the Contractor cut his hand on the door of the meter and then came into Reception to ask for plaster.

I am in doubt whether or not this should be classed as a First Aid Case in our statisitcs, we do not have a key for the meter and we are not responsible for the up keeping. They do not report into Reception when they arrive or fill in permit. They just turn up, do their check and normally go.

Not sure if we should be liable or not, your help, advice would be very much appreciated

Katie
decimomal  
#2 Posted : 19 April 2011 08:59:02(UTC)
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decimomal

In a word No.
David Bannister  
#3 Posted : 19 April 2011 08:59:37(UTC)
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David Bannister

Katie, offering a plaster to a passer-by has no effect on liability, any more than writing the incident down in a first aid book.

David H  
#4 Posted : 19 April 2011 09:01:37(UTC)
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David H

Not liable Katie

David
Ron Hunter  
#5 Posted : 19 April 2011 23:50:09(UTC)
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Ron Hunter

So is someone going to attend to that sharp edge on the enclosure, or will there be a similar debate next time? ;0
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