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No risk assessment or asbestos survey. Is this a norm for an electrical company in England?
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<blockquote data-quote="apprentice87" data-source="post: 423326" data-attributes="member: 13534"><p>Ok, i know next to courgette all about asbestos. But i do recall that apparently it is only the one sort. [blue asbestos??] That is dangerous. I also think that a lot of the talk about the risks of asbestos is pidgeon-poop, designed to make money out of people. BUT, given the risks, all precautions have to be worth it. I do not believe that even now they know the extent of the harm caused by the stuff. At one time they said the effects could show up in 20 years, then 30, then 40.. Nobody knows... I know for a fact that the type of cancer caused is quite distinct from the others, but how many people in the past have died as a result of asbestos but it was just put down to "smoking or whatever..</p><p></p><p>Sending a young kid in to clean up is taking the piss. I once brought an entire factory to a halt because they had a young lad grinding a material composed of nickel and chrome with an angle grinder with no protection. When i went and bollocked the bosses about this they nearly **** themselves BIG style....</p><p></p><p>The people i have met from the HSE were COMPLETE pillocks. There was a completely **** dust extraction system in another part of the works, and yet the HSE people gave the firm a glowing report because the dust emitted from a chimney contained only a small amount of chrome or whatever it was, yes that is right, it only contained a small amount, because the whole system was completely **** and barely removed any dust at all, leaving the majority for the workers to breath in. The managers were literally SCARED to go in this grinding section, they would refuse to do it or go in there, because they KNEW the dangers and how bad it was in there....</p><p></p><p>john..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="apprentice87, post: 423326, member: 13534"] Ok, i know next to courgette all about asbestos. But i do recall that apparently it is only the one sort. [blue asbestos??] That is dangerous. I also think that a lot of the talk about the risks of asbestos is pidgeon-poop, designed to make money out of people. BUT, given the risks, all precautions have to be worth it. I do not believe that even now they know the extent of the harm caused by the stuff. At one time they said the effects could show up in 20 years, then 30, then 40.. Nobody knows... I know for a fact that the type of cancer caused is quite distinct from the others, but how many people in the past have died as a result of asbestos but it was just put down to "smoking or whatever.. Sending a young kid in to clean up is taking the piss. I once brought an entire factory to a halt because they had a young lad grinding a material composed of nickel and chrome with an angle grinder with no protection. When i went and bollocked the bosses about this they nearly **** themselves BIG style.... The people i have met from the HSE were COMPLETE pillocks. There was a completely **** dust extraction system in another part of the works, and yet the HSE people gave the firm a glowing report because the dust emitted from a chimney contained only a small amount of chrome or whatever it was, yes that is right, it only contained a small amount, because the whole system was completely **** and barely removed any dust at all, leaving the majority for the workers to breath in. The managers were literally SCARED to go in this grinding section, they would refuse to do it or go in there, because they KNEW the dangers and how bad it was in there.... john.. [/QUOTE]
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