Monthly Archives: August 2010

Window cleaning at height

Posted on August 19, 2010 by adam

This caught my attention because the window cleaner (who just happened to be a woman) proceeded to climb the ladder to the height of the first floor and as you are expecting cleaned the windows. Continue reading →

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A running experience with a hole in it

Posted on August 7, 2010 by adam

This week I was enjoying running one of my regular routes that takes me from the seafront past Whitstable Golf course, over the railway line and up an alley out onto a road with a footpath. On this occasion there was a man from a utility services contractor (http://ow.ly/2moHx) digging a hole right in the middle of the path where it merges with the alley and on the footpath, there was no avoiding it. He did stop to let me past, which I did and carried on my merry way. Continue reading →

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Worker falls through a roof

Posted on August 2, 2010 by adam

There is a common misconception that if a company or individual contracts work out to a specialist contractor, they also pass the responsibility for the safety of those contractors on as well. Continue reading →

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