Trench excavation falls in and kills operative - Very sad......but avoidable

[seanandruby]

UGHH111

[Thehandmadegarden]

I have to accept that we need to be mindful of the H&S issues that the emergency services have. I'm sure we have all herd the stories of confined space rescues, where one rescuer after the other becomes a victim. The problem I think that these 'emergency' services are becoming paralysed by it. A number of people may have lost their lives in the July 7th bombings due to these emergency services standing back due to H&S protocol.

This story from Scotland recently caught my eye and I think is becoming a more common trend.
You see videos from china of people standing back because they dont give a feck. In this country it seams we stand back because we dont have the right paperwork.
Paperwork doesn't save lives. Good health and safety saves lives. Paperwork only saves arses

[Bob_A]

Great post.
It was what I was trying to say a few posts back but you put it so much better.

[lutonlagerlout]

i always remember watching that plane crash on the potomac when i was a kid,
hundreds or people and scores of emergency personnel stood by as a young woman was too weak to grab a lifeline and was about to expire
Lenny Skutnik stripped off and jumped in to icy waters and saved her life, as the emergency crews stood paralysed by rules

however ,confined spaces ,especially grain silos and manholes claim many lifes still each year
what exactly is it with grain silos that kils so many?
LLL

[msh paving]

what exactly is it with grain silos that kils so many?
LLL

If you fall into a heap of grain it will swallow you up like quicksand and suffocate you
When we was kids we used to play in grain stores jumping into the heap,can be very scary when you sink in, we never went into the tall silos only sheds MSH