'elf 'n' safety' versus common sense
LETTER: In the name of "elf & safety" staff at the Waymills waste site are no longer able to give users garden forks to help handle their refuse.
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I am a health and safety advisor of more than 20 years' experience and this is the most ridiculous decision I have ever heard.
Have they considered the risks of using inappropriate tools? Almost certainly not.
If Veolia really wants to reduce the risk of injury it can start by reducing the height of the holes waste has to be lifted through – the risk of a back injury is many times more likely than being stabbed by a fork.
Whatever happened to common sense?
Parry Davis
Whitchurch
