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boblewis  
#1 Posted : 24 June 2016 19:45:47(UTC)
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boblewis

BBC reporting how good Polish workers are worrying about BREXIT. Man being interviewed was showing his woodworking skills on a circular saw Minus crown guard. Perhaps H&S in rest of EU is different to us after all. Gold Plated H&S!!!!!!
Ciaran Delaney  
#2 Posted : 24 June 2016 19:53:02(UTC)
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Ciaran Delaney

Bob,

On the same sort of line - RTÉ (Irish equivalent of the BBC) are setting up for a "insert" into a programme this evening from Brussels.

Have a look at this camera position! This was posted by one of the presenters on their twitter account!

https://t.co/wd3anyhXP4

Hope all is well with you.

Best Regards,

Ciarán
firesafety101  
#3 Posted : 25 June 2016 11:42:51(UTC)
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firesafety101

Brussels where our health and safety rules start out.
Graham Bullough  
#4 Posted : 25 June 2016 20:39:50(UTC)
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Graham Bullough

By way of an OS&H-related digression, the photo on the webpage cited by Ciaran shows the Berlaymont, the headquarters building for the European Commission (EC). It was built during the 1960s and, like many buildings of that era, incorporated asbestos containing materials (ACMs) including insulation sprayed onto the building's frame for fire protection purposes. According to http://www.building.co.u...aymonster%E2%80%99s-back!/3044194.article the spraying was done without segregation from other construction activities and with little or no attempt to contain the asbestos. The EC vacated the building in 1991 after problems with asbestos exposure became evident. However, for various reasons mentioned in the article, what became one of the world’s largest asbestos-removal projects (costing some £88M) didn't begin until 1995 and took some 4 years to complete. Also the project formed part of a major renovation/modernisation project which was beset with problems and eventually cost £509M in total. After some 13 years the EC finally moved back into the building in 2004.

Graham B
bleve  
#5 Posted : 25 June 2016 22:48:13(UTC)
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bleve

Facinating
biker1  
#6 Posted : 28 June 2016 12:13:55(UTC)
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biker1

boblewis wrote:
BBC reporting how good Polish workers are worrying about BREXIT. Man being interviewed was showing his woodworking skills on a circular saw Minus crown guard. Perhaps H&S in rest of EU is different to us after all. Gold Plated H&S!!!!!!


One of my observations in my consultancy days was that some other European countries, despite being subject to the same directives as us, simply didn't do it. A long conversation with some guys from Germany who had come to install some equipment, who didn't seem to have any concept of risk assessment and why they should do it, for instance. I think the UK's stance has been more honest - if we say we'll do it we do it, if we say we won't we don't.
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