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It always seems that a H&S decision is OTT from media article - it's what the media does.
I expect that if looked at in more depth you'd have to consider:
What else could RM do, if the footway becomes slippery when wet and one postman has received a serious injury can they justify sending another to face the same hazard?
It might be worth checking exactly where the postman fell though - they do tendt o take the odd shortcut off the footway to save time
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Perhaps Royal Mail should be referred to the "Challenge Panel".
Perhaps they can rule as to whether this was an OTT reaction or a perfectly understandable and reasonable response following a serious accident...
Phil
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I really hope this is not true!
there has to be some other factor not being reported. If not then the only logical thing to do is cancel all postal deliveries if its raining as other pavements may be slippery!
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It's a media article, maybe there are other factors at play.
If there are no other factors I can imagine Judith Hackett fuming and writing a response something like "for hundreds of years people have been walking outside during wet weather without signficant risk of serious personal injury" etc. etc.
The reality is that it's not impossible to walk on a wet pavement (even if it did have moss etc. accumulation) without recieving a serious injury, so why ban.
There are a lot of other measures that could be looked at to allow the practice rather than ban it. Maybe they were wearing unsuitable footwear, maybe a shortcut was taken, maybe they were rushing / running to due to productivity pressures, maybe they just were not paying attention and looking where they were going, all of which can be managed without a ban.
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Thousands [yep thousands] of RM people are attacked by dogs yet the RM have done little if anything to manage the situation yet a slip makes them stop work! I bet that there is more behind this e.g. the location is a bit out of the way and costs the RM more that other locations or something similar so they stop delivery
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Looks like a bit of a stand-off between the local RM office and the Council. A nice little row on Google Street Maps (and the flagstones look quite nice too!)
I'm sure Judith Hackett will be more than happy to adjudicate.
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