Told you Anto.
thanks for that AOM... some dreams do come thru... And its only right that the law serves all... I read a lot of the threads on here, a lot of them quite interesting, some funny and entertaining, some then, completely baseless but none the less a topic..
health & safety is none the less a prime issue in each and every one of us guys & ladies, whom interact in a proffesional capacity with clients, colleagues and members of the public. I have found myself on the edge of frustration and pure ire in times gone by, brought upon by muppets who claim to know what they dont, in a scaffolding capacity and a health & safety capacity. To highlight the latter, I was in town one day, a couple of years ago pushing my wee lad in his pram. There was this scaffold on the high street that caught my eye, twas a kstage scaffold. (a lot of scaffolds erected where i live is in that yellow jelly tap tap *****) a 50 ' high x 24' long x 4' deep. every lift boarded.. this monstrosity was first of all tied in with rope , the centre bay was loaded halway up with standards, batons and ledgers.. The batons supporting that were under savage duress. Everything that was wrong with it,, would be an understatement.
My initial concern was the general public, quite a busy street with women and young toddlers in prams, oblivious to the imminent hazard.
I called the irish h.s.a on my mobile and made a detailed report.. I was informed that it would be inacted on immediately.
3 weeks later..Yes,, 3 weeks later, I was out and about when I received a call...A hsa inspector called me from the location of where the scaffold I reported.
The guy introduced himself, too be honest it took me a few seconds to gather my thoughts ..anyway, the guy asked me what the problem was? straight away, I said to him, could he not see what the problem was... A blind man could have conducted a risk assessment ... it was a pity that i was not on location... so over the phone I pointed out the major hazards to the general public.. And still, I felt i was getting nowhere with this muppet (how did he get a job?) I pointed out to him, that if he looked over his left shoulder he would see another kstage street job.. I said compare like with like... In fairness the other street job was perfect..(text book)
Thank god i was not on location,, I would have decked him... He said to me after a complete useless conversation.. that because the scaffold was dormant,, ie no one working on it, he had no powers to enact any of his special powers..(**** me ,, i said) " do you mean to tell me, because no one was working on this small private site.. you an do nowt! what if the job collapsed and killed and maimed passer-bys, apart from the emergency services doing what they do best, the HSA would also be involved".
It was clear to me that I was talking to a complete imbocile, a ******* retard (excuse my french) I hung up.
I got in touch with the city council, who issue the street permits.. spoke to some chap, told him everything i just explained above.. He couldn't believe it.. He had one of his own engineers down within an hour of my call to him.. The engineer then called me, they placed a prohibition order and the company that erected it were ordered that very day to dismantle it.
Thats my little rant... I dont suffer muppets,, from any walk of life..
unfortunately, because of my principals, im sat here at homewaiting for a so called job to come in.. I refuse to work here in ireland, for a reduced national rate, increased union fees and compulsory pension thats worth nothing in maturity.
