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[Amigo]

Every once in a while i have to visit the Corus site in SLady bitshorpe drop an empty trailer, pick up a loaded one & drop it on Immingham dock for export. It's a huge site covering 12 square miles & 100 miles of thier own roads/railways. I've been doing this on & off for nearly 10 years but today was pulled over by security & sent for a site induction. I had my photo taken & was sat at a pc with headphones. 8 films to watch each with 4 multi choice questions. After the first set i clicked next to go straight to the 2nd set of questions, skipping each video to save time. I'd finished in 7 or 8 minutes but passed so they had to issue me a 3 year badge. For example:- You see some asbestos on the floor. Do you,
  A:- Report it to your supervisor.
  B:- Walk round it.
  C:-Hide it.
  D:-Break it into small pieces?? For crying out loud!
   The best bit is on the first & only vid i sat through it said no passengers or children on site. Many of the foreign trucks are double manning & when i finally got back to where i wanted to be i drove past a little blue corsa with a pretty Mum & 3 pre school toddlers in it!!! The phrase too many chiefs & not enough Indians springs to mind. Must be an insurance issue 'cos realistically this induction was a waste of time & actually achieved squat!

[Smiddy]

Its the same sort of thing for my dad, been a builder for 40+ years but now has to take courses to work on a building site, all of which cost him money.

What a joke. 

[david036]

Got to give these Health and Safety busy bodies something to do....Makes them feel special!!!!!

[Tony H]

The "we know whats best for you" police strike again!

[tidla]

Every once in a while i have to visit the Corus site in SLady bitshorpe drop an empty trailer, pick up a loaded one & drop it on Immingham dock for export. It's a huge site covering 12 square miles & 100 miles of thier own roads/railways. I've been doing this on & off for nearly 10 years but today was pulled over by security & sent for a site induction. I had my photo taken & was sat at a pc with headphones. 8 films to watch each with 4 multi choice questions. After the first set i clicked next to go straight to the 2nd set of questions, skipping each video to save time. I'd finished in 7 or 8 minutes but passed so they had to issue me a 3 year badge. For example:- You see some asbestos on the floor. Do you,
  A:- Report it to your supervisor.
  B:- Walk round it.
  C:-Hide it.
  D:-Break it into small pieces?? For crying out loud!
   The best bit is on the first & only vid i sat through it said no passengers or children on site. Many of the foreign trucks are double manning & when i finally got back to where i wanted to be i drove past a little blue corsa with a pretty Mum & 3 pre school toddlers in it!!! The phrase too many chiefs & not enough Indians springs to mind. Must be an insurance issue 'cos realistically this induction was a waste of time & actually achieved squat!

m6 toll induction was 2 hours.
included details of a ditch within the site boundary which contained frogs.
the guy running it had a little black tosh im sure.
2 mins late and he would take great delight in telling you to go away

[Chris_H]

My wife told me today that she can't treat children because she's not trained for it.  She's been a (SRN) nurse for 35 years and has brought up two girls, run youth groups, been first aider at school sports days bla bla bla.  Has about 12 CRBs on the go.

This country will disappear up its own backside before long.

[Dishevelled Den]

My wife told me today that she can't treat children because she's not trained for it.  She's been a (SRN) nurse for 35 years and has brought up two girls, run youth groups, been first aider at school sports days bla bla bla.  Has about 12 CRBs on the go.

This country will disappear up its own backside before long.

This country will disappear up its own backside before long

Without a shadow of a doubt Chris.

[geoffr70]

My wife told me today that she can't treat children because she's not trained for it.  She's been a (SRN) nurse for 35 years and has brought up two girls, run youth groups, been first aider at school sports days bla bla bla.  Has about 12 CRBs on the go.

This country will disappear up its own backside before long.

PMSL! I think it already has been, then shat back out, flushed down the bog and it's currently sitting in a big stinking sewage vat, waiting to be treated and get back to normal. The tide is turning!

[Amigo]

It's really quite incredible to be told how to do something you've been doing for years by someone who'se still sh*tting green, hardly started shaving but has been on a course & watched a video so is suddenly an expert. Nobody wants Industrial deaths or injuries but there really is no need to pay pillocks to do non jobs.
    Must be an insurance thing.

[Amigo]

My wife told me today that she can't treat children because she's not trained for it.  She's been a (SRN) nurse for 35 years and has brought up two girls, run youth groups, been first aider at school sports days bla bla bla.  Has about 12 CRBs on the go.

This country will disappear up its own backside before long.

Exactly. How flippin' stupid is that? The irony is that those of us who do a proper job are paying the wages of those who tell us we can no longer do it!!! FFS!!!!

[Broomies Mate]

I collect steel from a Corus site near Bristol. 

Their H&S is something to behold.... really it is.

Wearing a Hard Hat is mandatory, even when sat in your cab.  WHY?? That 8tonne RSJ being moved by a crane above the cab is more than capable of turning the cab into tin-foil, so what on earth is the skid-lid going to do?  :-/

Wearing a Hi-Viz is mandatory, even when sat in your cab.  WHY?? If wannabe Michael Shumacher in that Fork-Lift cant see my gleaming white vehicle, what chance has he got of seeing me sat in it?

Wearing Safety Boots is mandatory, even when sat in your cab..... I think you know where I'm coming from.

[jereboam]

About 30 years ago I did a 6 month contract at Hoogovens in the Netherlands.  They gave me a hard hat, but no training in how to adjust it, and no safety training at all. 

Perhaps H&S was in its infancy in those days, or perhaps the Dutch just didn't give a monkey's about it.  More likely, I suspect, is that the Dutch had a more realistic approach to situations where common sense would guide a person of average intelligence. 

[Simon72]

Whenever I have contractors on our site to assist with machine repairs etc. I have to run them through a 30 mins site induction.

Usually have to do 2 or 3 a week, due to our contract firms send different people most of the time.
But once they are inducted then they are OK for 2 years until a refresher has to be done. (UNLESS ANY PROCEDURES CHANGE WITH IN THE COMPANY)

Basic H&S rules on site
Fire procedures
Where Toilet and Food Facilities are
And the Basics like IF THEY SEE something that is a risk or being done incorrectly to report back to me.

Then they have to fill out a nice long form, including emergency contact details if they are injured.

Gets me out of work for 30 mins aswell ;-)

[Richie London]

small sites we just sign the induction sheet, large sites they tell you about waste, fire exits and extinquishers and sign here. i was threatened with removal from site for being on my mobile without a glove on. probably get a splinter or shear my hand off from using my phone. 

[Marks DTM Calib]

I have to get a hot work permit now to use the soldering iron in the lab  :-?