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Posted By David Thomas
Think this is right on the edge of H & S but.....have received a complaint from a member of staff that he has worn out 4 pairs of trousers over the past couple of years. He is blaming the rough cord surface of the chair for the damage.
Has anyone come across such a problem before and any recommendations for PPE ???
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Posted By Robin B
Hi David
I don't really think this is a H&S Issue.
PPE is provided to protect the person from specific hazards, not from the rough cord surface of a seat. Now if you worked in a naturalist environment I could painfully envisage another problem.
I'd suggest anyway that you contact the chair supplier and ask if they have any other instances of this happening. It could be the type of material the trousers are made from.
What the heck, I have trousers that have worn thin. I wonder......
Robin
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Posted By AlanPB
What?????????
That is seriously taking the pi55!
What is this country coming to? It annoys the hell out of me that we've come to a stage where the employee takes no responsibility for his or her own well being, but now we're at a point where we have to tackle the problem of natural wear and tear of their clothing!
What next, claim because the employer allowed the employee to be susceptible to natural ageing?
I mean, come on.............
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Posted By Julie P
Are you sure it's work-related wear and tear?
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Posted By John Webster
Some people will try anything to get something for nothing from their employer
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Posted By Chris Black
This could be H&S
If he is shuffling around so much in the chair then he could be a fire hazard.
Have him doused regularly as a precaution.
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Posted By John Webster
Ah, but that might cause his trousers to rot
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Posted By Julie P
And possible skin problems in a not very comfortable area!
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Posted By Pete B
Suggest "De-Worming" the person, to help prevent excessive shuffling in their chair.
For preventative measures, a couple of Bob Martins every few months in their tea???
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Posted By Karen Todd
Having 4 pairs of trousers last a couple of years is excellent wear I think!
If you gave him a smooth-surfaced chair no doubt he'd slide off it.
I've ruined so many clothes over the years through various mishaps, I've just learnt not to wear good or expensive clothes to work. I dress practically, in hard wearing comfortable clothes that wash well. Where I work, some think work is one big long fashion parade and come into the canteen in various unsuitable items and states of dress (or undress)...
Karen
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Posted By shaun allport
Calvin Kline!!!!!!!
what NEXT!!
tell him to BHS!!!!! (behave him self!)
otherwise you'll issue him with a C&A (corrective action)
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Posted By Stuart Nagle
Not the cutting edge of health and safety then....
Get him a seat cover....
Stuart
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Posted By J Knight
Ang about a bit. If this was his car he was trashing because of poor roads at work, what would you think? Just because its trousers which are being ruined by poor work equipment doesn't make it any less acceptable; we go to work to earn money not to incur unnecessary costs. And as for people doing anything to get money out of their employers, just bear in mind that too many employers will do anything to extract money from their people, after all, isn't making money what business is all about? I'll just put mi soapbox away now...
John
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Posted By David Thomas
Thank you to all who responded to my initial question - posted with some trepidation, as one said, this is taking the pi55.
The individual is 46 (self admission) and is of a similar heavy build to my self (my admission) and has now indicated that the area of wear is predominately in the area where the inner thighs rub. I am sure many of us can sympathise.
The original complaint was made to HR who, as usual, passed the buck pdq. I have now had a technician from the chair company pay a visit and swopped the "offending" chair to another make acquired from an office we closed down.
From the beginning I have looked on this as being a vexatious complaint. It was preceded by a complaint that he and colleagues had seen cracks appearing in the cast concrete ceiling.
May all be due to the pleasant air we all breathe, or there is something in the vending machine adjacent. Whatever, perhaps I should have been a software programmer.............
Again thanks for the input
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