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sheena farenden
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I wonder how many of these have reported issues to HSE and had no action taken.
My dealings in H & S in the last few years have proved that HSE do not have enough staff, time or inclination to take on to them what are minor problems but that which can have a long term effect on workers health.
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Pasc Ruggiero CFIOSH, FIIRSM
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If you want to know why workers do not report transgressions to HSE look up the ICL/Stockline Disaster and in particular the Universities of Strathclyde and Stirling expert report - http://www.hazards.org/icldisaster/ . Quote:
"The HSE failed to recognise the nature of industrial relations at the plant and the potential problems that employees might face if management discovered that they had approached HSE with complaints about health and safety. This failure is summed up by the readiness with which HSE inspectors revealed the identity of a worker in full view of the very same managers he had complained about. This episode revealed at best a staggering naivety on the part of HSE and, at worst, collusion with management that risked compromising workers’ employment status.”
“The ability to identify health and safety problems during HSE ‘walk-through’ inspections would certainly have been limited by the advance warning that pre-ceded visits and afforded management the opportunity to carry out a quick health and safety make over.”
The following indicates that the HSE new about the inadequate liquid petroleum gas installation 15 years before the explosion.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2378753.0.icl_gas_concerns_15_years_before_blast.php
http://www.robedwards.com/2007/09/safety-at-disas.html
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Pasc Ruggiero CFIOSH, FIIRSM
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Two further views can be seen at :
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1658651.0.stockline_disaster_the_most_damning_verdict.php. And http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=302 This indicates, quote:
“Laurence Connelly has worked there for ten years. He says this accident "was waiting to happen".
For two years he has been "creating a stink and complaining to the HSE about the misuse of chemicals". But the bosses made his life a misery and branded him a troublemaker. He even called the HSE a week before the accident but got no reply to his complaint.“
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