aerialrigging Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 the good old h+s buracrats have struck again, seems like the hi wire act at the moscow state circus must wear a hard hat whilst rehersing more details at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly...-753602,00.htmland http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_802486.html.how long before we have to issue the cast with hard hats for the tec/dress?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>this was blatantly a publicity stunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lightnix Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Gosh, it's been a while; but I just had to bump it for... Health and safety rules trip up pancake race A Cathedral pancake race that is part of a 600-year-old tradition has been stopped because of health and safety rules. The bell at Ripon Cathedral... has signalled the start of the city's pancake race for the past 11 years. However, the event... has been abandoned because of the amount of work needed to carry out risk assessments... Mr Bateman, a councillor, said: "The main problem is health and safety. There are so many things to put in place to make sure the event can get off the ground. "...at the end of the day fewer and fewer people are volunteering these days, and it's because of the paperwork that started off as well-meaning but has now gone overboard...Full story here... (my emphasis) :( While I'm here... I was having a quick H&S ciggie outside the office the other week, when looking across the recreation ground opposite, I noticed a group of primary school children. It was hard not to notice them, as they were all clad in hi-viz :blink: I commented on the nanny state-ness of this scene to someone from another office, who said, "Ah yes, but they've got to cross the road in a minute". "Which road is that?" I replied, "The one here, where you can see traffic coming from a hundred yards in each direction; or the main road with the Pelican crossing?" It is starting to go too far now, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Besides for the better weather here in Spain the things like "Health and safety rules trip up pancake race" makes me glad I no longer live in the UK.Spain still has a healthy disregard for a lot of the health and safety rules.CheersGerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p.k.roberts Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Sounds like another journalistic 'bent banana' to me .... http://www.hse.gov.uk/news/2008/pancake.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I heard it said, on the local UK news, that the increased costs of road closure and insurance where the cause of the cancellation.I can believe that is the real reason. When I still lived in the UK iI was involved in an annual firework disply to raise funds dfor charity. The event was finnaly dropped because we couldn't afford the ever increasing insurance.CheersGerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtheenchanteruk Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 yet they havn`t banned that cheese race yet, You know the one where they roll the cheese down the hill and everyone runs to catch it ending up with how many sprains, bruises, breaks etc each time they do it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/june.htmSee! Told you it wasn't April the first. T'were June of last year and the morons writing for our beloved and trusted press still can't bloody read! Maybe they should all click here? http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/how_to_enter.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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