Wednesday - August 25, 2010

RETRACTION ?  IT MIGHT BE IN ORDER WITH LIMITED APOLOGIES FROM YOURS TRULY

Yesterday I went on a rant over something in our morning paper to do with grass cutting and Health and Safety.

I don’t take back what I said about the liberal left pinko bed wetting loony tunes who have ruined this country. I stand by that.

HOWEVER .....

The story I reacted to did not come from something like the Natl. Enquirer and it didn’t come from the Sun.  It came from the Telegraph.
In retrospect, I suppose I could have tried to call someone.  Never thought of it. And not being a journalist working for a paper, not much to guarantee anyone would talk to me anyway.  That said ....  This appeared in the letters column of that paper today.  But I didn’t see any retraction from the paper.
So here ..... 

It’s safe to cut the grass

SIR – In response to your report about grass-cutting at Carlisle Castle (August 24), I can confirm that there is no guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that prevents it.

Organisations, such as English Heritage, have a responsibility to look after the health and safety of their staff. But that doesn’t mean that they can’t mow lawns. The HSE has not issued any new guidance on mowers recently in this sector.

Three people died at work using mowing equipment last year, and a number of sit-on mowers turned over on steep slopes. The risks are real, but with appropriate management of those risks, for example using a different type of mower, activities can continue.

A straightforward, sensible risk assessment would quickly show where real dangers lie, and what can be done to address them.

Graeme Walker
Head of Agriculture, Health and Safety Executive
Bootle, Lancashire

SOURCE, LETTERS PAGE, THE TELEGRAPH

Posted by peiper     on 08/25/2010 at 04:07 AM   
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