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  2. This isn't health and safety gone mad, the evidence is there, when you read the report. The item cited as the main cause of the accident was a ''Youngmans'' type working platform. These have aluminium stretchers and manufactured non slip board walkway. This was strung from the dockside to the metal gunwale of the boat. There was no handrail fitted, even though there are kits available for this purpose. No doubt, the manufacturers advise the fitting of handrails and the proper securing of the platform when mounted on metal supports such as steel scaffolding. Anyone who has used ''Youngman'' type platforms mounted on scaffolding, as I do very often at work, will tell you how dangerous they can be if not secured. All the H&E rules and guidance in the World won't stop workers from being neglectful about their own safety and I suspect this is the way that they this piece of equipment was used by them. If an inspector had visited the premises and found workers using it in this way he/she would have stopped all work until this was remedied. This may or may not have happened ( it's not unknown that safety equipment gets removed because a worker thinks it's unnecessary ) but whether it did or didn't, the ultimate responsibility rests on the shoulders of the Boss and it's no good him saying he didn't know because the information is readily available. The owner/owners of the dock had a responsibility to the hirer to ensure that the dock and all equipment hired or lent was suitable and safe to use and that the hirer was fully aware of the proper and safe use of said equipment. This they failed to do. I think they got off lightly with a fine. Keith
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  3. Keeping under any circumstances would be reprehensible in my book.
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  4. With £8,000 you can keep it and do what you like. It's his money so nobody but him or his family should be making decisions on where it would be best spent. And the cash.
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  5. With all user groups, they are only as good as their representatives. If people aren't interested in the organisations there is very little anyone can do. We get the representation we deserve unfortunately
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  8. Lets hope they are well insured with a reputable insurer.
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  9. Do they wee off the side of the boat? Tongue-in-cheek comments aside, it is your boat, of course, and as skipper you must do what you think makes those you are responsible for safest. Having cruised to Barking Creek with forum member RichardN, I can report that he has a rule of undoing lifejackets when inside so as not to be trapped. It is possible to cook when underway, bacon sandwiches and coffee being needed at 5am! Indigo Dream is also clear and wide inside– the bed folds, and the corridor is wide-, so getting out quickly in an emergency isn't a problem.
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  11. Have you considered spending it on crack and loose women instead?
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  12. 50k fine!!! whilst i agree safety should be paramount to land a fine of this magnitude will serve only 1 purpose and that is to force yet another small business out of business!! well done HSE yet more people on the dole relying on the few still stupid enough to bother working!
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  13. The lower-budget sequel to "Snakes on a Plane"?
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  14. If everyone tied up as if the next boat to pass them was going to be speeding and everyone navigated as if the next boat they will pass was moored up with toothpicks then there wouldn't be a problem.
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