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In normal times this story would be up on the forum with in hours https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-55183959 but since we are all Covid obsessed these days it has not been mentioned yet. Coverage in the media has been low key as well, despite the 4 deaths involved. We will wait for the official HSE investigation to tell what happened but it is reminder that old fashion H&S issues are still around and we as H&S professionals need to keep our eyes on this and not become totally virus obsessed. It’s also a reminder people still die when things go wrong.
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Quite so. It is a sobering thought that the total of workplace deaths from injury and ill health globally runs into the millions each year, dwarfing the casualty numbers from COVID. Because it is a regular and slow moving tragedy, it doesn't receive the attention it should. The number of deaths on our roads also seems to be accepted as a norm. It's quite a challenge to get such issues taken as seriously as they should be.
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the investigation outcomes will be interesting but I am sur some of the same old hits will be present... There will be an impact for all of these I am sure... https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1OrLffW5hKaTwQVHsiF_WR9IhxuOl4avg&ll=51.948997127487196%2C-1.2904509710913281&z=8
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I live and work in the Bristol area and the coverage on local news was sparse, hardly made a few minutes of news before they moved onto something else
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My bet is on Wessex Water recruiting for a Process Safety / DSEAR/ATEX Engineer in the next few months.
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I'm also local to Avonmouth, I live in Thornbury. I've also worked on the site previously on a one day contract to replace some metalwork with a crane doing the lifting - the pipework and metalwork get badly corroded and so a constant progression of replacement and inspection is ongoing.
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As I predicted - Wessex Water are now recruiting for a DSEAR Compliance Manager, based in Bath, £50k salary. If anybody is interested. Pity it took 4 guys to get killed before an orgnisation decided to try and control their DSEAR risks - anybody would think water treatment is low risk for DSEAR...
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By killed, they were actually blown to bits. The father of one of our employees was one of those that died and I have been informed only body parts were recovered. Extremely horrible
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