Bolt
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Insurance will hardly ever cover you for grinding customers, regardless of their location.
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No, it wouldn’t have been so bad if they had. What they did was far worse… Consultants were told to apologise to nurse for raising concerns, court told WWW.THEARGUS.CO.UK Lucy Letby registered a grievance against her employers in 2016 after she was redeployed from the... Thankyou NHS.
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Quite so.
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It’s painful enough watching candidates sharpen a 15” chain. Every extra inch further compounds the agony that instructors have to endure.
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I had a happy childhood; Dad would roll me down a hill in a tyre……. Those were Goodyears.
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Impressively old certificate though…. Early ‘90s?
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Depends entirely on what the company(s) that you will be doing work for will accept. Some will be happy with just a days felling and maintenance refresher, and a certificate of attendance from a training provider….. others will require an in-date NPTC or LANTRA qualification. Unfortunately, there is no right or wrong answer - it depends on your circumstance.
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Probably the wrong extension.
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The more I read, the more struggle to differentiate between AI, trolls and plain old-skool idiots.
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After that build up, he’ll probably feel too koi to answer.
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I agree. Some of the workers who have made up accident statistics could be considered as rather, errrrrr, ‘Transient’. I’ll own up to another mistake as well, in that is that I have, for some reason, entered into a discussion with a stranger on the interweb, over the methodology used by the HSE to gather accident statistics…. I’m not really sure how I feel about that. I have had a quiet word with myself, and will endeavour to be more careful in future. 👍
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So, just the one case study then. And I believe that one is only there as it happened on council land, and the council were obliged to request the HSE investigate them, as they couldn’t investigate themselves.
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Although I’m fairly familiar with those case studies, I’m not really sure which ones involve homeowners doing a spot of DIY tree cutting though? Being a farmer or being self employed doesn’t mean you’re not at work. HSE involvement in those injuries will be as a result of RIDDOR reporting, or being called in by police who were attending a serious incident / potential crime scene. Forestry and Arb statistics are lumped in with agriculture, horticulture etc by the HSE, which is not very helpful, especially when you consider that agriculture is the HSEs most significant source of work.
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Thank you for grasping my point so promptly. I see that we are now in agreement that homeowners on a ladders, travelling wilburys et al. don’t slew the accident statistics.
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Nurse???!? The HSE compiles info from RIDDOR reporting (and in extreme cases, attending police investigations). The HSE don’t give a flying fig about accidents away from the workplace…. Never have, and I doubt they ever will. They were formed to be the enforcing agency for the Health and safety at WORK act…… the clue is in the name.
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I really don’t think they are.
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It is an interesting question, but unfortunately the reference to LOLER thorough examinations has muddied the waters, as LOLER places specific legal duties on the employer, requiring them to ensure that examinations meet specific standards. These are duties that they can't really dodge out of, or contract out the legal responsibility to others. The stump grinder example is better, as this is purely a question of service standards (and potentially civil claims) rather than legal duties. ..... I don't know nuffin' about service standards.... sorry. -
The key words in my reply you quoted were legal duty. Anyone bargaining on professional indemnity insurance being of any use should they land a criminal prosecution may be in for a big disappointment.
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I’m just saying that the only person with a legal duty to see it’s done properly (according to LOLER) is the employer.
