WHS Spear and Jackson

[troll]

Excavation carried out by tongue/hands/toes or sphincters would constitute a serious HS risk therefore....tools should be provided-units have an obligation to provide PPE.Not going to ask who said muppet unit is, have a few guesses though.Sadly, more than a few.

[sniper]

never been expected to provide own tools, though have been asked on number of occasions if I've got my own PPE. A no usually results in a rummage through 10 year old hardhats and hi vi vests designed for elephants. Which is another point, thinking about it. Do units have an obligation to provide PPE that actually fits? Some of us are only little, and surely outsized PPE presents its own H&S issues?

++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++

[Cautionary Tale]

I the the arguement would revolve around whether the PPE was fit for the purpose. On those grounds, footware that was too small/large would be unfit, as would a hard hat that was too old/large/small. I can't think why hi-vis should be excluded from the rationale.

(I really have worked in the field)

[achingknees]

Do units have an obligation to provide PPE that actually fits? Some of us are only little, and surely outsized PPE presents its own H&S issues?

The answers are yes and yes! Don't be fobbed off with the XXXL hi vi vests.

Trowels - always been a difficult one. In some ways these are like artisan's tools. A brick layer will have his own trowel, but other equipment, like mixer, barrow etc will be supplied by his/her employer. That said, I would encourage units to provide the trowel, but for personal use.

[sniper]

personal use? conjures up images of us taking them home to point our brickwork or something...

++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++

[BAJR Host]

trowel is a personal thing, custom fitted to the hard hand of the digger... mine is wrapped in green and red electrical tape... (a to find in long grass.... b) to make sure no b@str**D goes off with it...

it seems I will not find another WHS to match it!

Another day another WSI?

[sniper]

just a joke hosty, course I know what "personal use" means. Mine is currently held together with glue and a green rizla packet and has an intricately carved handle (amazing what you'll do when living in a site hut in Lincolnshire), but is currently rusting away in a darkened corner. Better look after it now...

++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++

[BAJR Host]

LOok of horror on my face... came home to find my wife had used it to cement a shelf into a wall.. and then NOT CLEANED IT [:0][:0]

it looked like a stone ball with a stick coming out of it!

much chipping later... these things are precious things now!



Looking forward to getting the reply from Neill Tools.... it was a 5 page gauntlet throw.



Another day another WSI?

[Curator Kid]

quote:Originally posted by sniper

personal use? conjures up images of us taking them home to point our brickwork or something...

I recently used one of my old faithfuls to dig holes in the garden when I was putting some plants and posts in. I was pleased to note that after a few years of only intermittent use, the araldite was still holding firm in the face of nasty clay subsoil. I've also used it for levering out paving slabs and filling holes in a concrete floor.

To answer Mercenary's earlier point, if anyone is asked to provide their own mattock and shovel, they should drop a line to the local Curator. This kind of under-resourcing on site should be reported.

[the invisible man]

Hosty, after coming home to that kind of trowel abuse, I'd think you'd easily have got off with justifiable homicide...

Come to think of it, if you could extract a trowel from a bed of concrete, does that make you King of the Britons now?[:0]

May I be the first to pledge my allegiance, sire..... (any knighthoods going?)

Today, Bradford. Tomorrow, well, Bradford probably.