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http://www.hse.gov.uk/pr...ing-the-record-straight.I find it riduculous that the Chair of HSE says that health and safety did not prevent this activity. It is very clear that the council made their assessment purely based on safety considerations. If she thnks their assessment was unsuitable then she should say so.
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I quite agree!!! Engage brain before opening mouth springs to mind.
She should have done a bit of research to find out exactly what the council's RA said and then made a comment - she would have saved herself some embarrassment.
- and, what ever happened to "myth of the month"? I used them for notice board material - they went down a treat.
Rich
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"The truth is that health and safety did not prevent SpongeBob Squarepants taking to the stage to switch the lights on."
Hahaha thats the quote of the month for me. I think I missed that episode.
Seriously though I'm sick of councils using H&S as an excuse to spoil people's fun. This was down to poor planning not safety
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Clearly not all the details are known, but H&S should not have been the excuse used. It would have been more appropriate for the Council to say that they were not prepared to pay out to arrange a suitable ramp, lift or whatever.
I think Judith Hackitts comments were fully justified - H&S did not prevent this - appropriate (and possibly costly) arrangements not being put in place caused this.
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I think the point trying to be made here (but done badly by Judith!) is that if proper Health and Safety procedures had been followed the wider steps t allow sponge bob to access the platform would have been provide. As Ron says Poor planning - but yes I agree once the wrong steps had been provided it was a risk to allow bob to use them!
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Yes but what if.. Just go with this for a moment.. I know is a preposterous suggestion, but what if... The Sun made this story up?! I know, crazy thing to suggest, but let's say hypothetically speaking that they did. If so, Judith has now inadvertently verified it to be 'true' by criticizing the decision rather than the article itself. Still,...silly of me to suggest such a thing as I am sure the highly respectable British tabloid press never make anything up and always get their facts right?! Especially when it comes to health and safety.
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Buzz
You might be onto something here.
When I clicked the HSE site link to the Daily Mail article on poor old 'too wide' SpongeBob SquarePants, it took me straight to the Sun webpage. Given the Mail likes to have the exclusive on such nonsense something just does not feel right.
I await developments with interest.
Cheers.
Nigel
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In any event, keeping Spongebob out of the water that long would surely be injurious to his health. Poor Risk Assessment too.
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The City should have spend £50 on the suit and dropped Sponge Bob in by Helicopter.
Glad I'm not paying the Council tax there!
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I'm indebted (very slightly) to redken for starting this thread because I had been totally unaware of the 'existence' of SpongeBob until I read it. However, from what I've subsequently gleaned via the internet, he seems far from credible as a cartoon character. Furthermore, 'Bikini Bottom' as the name of the underwater city where he resides sounds very dubious! :-)
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