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Great Britain: Safety office collapses
The Sun (U.K.) ^
| February 21, 2006
Posted on 02/21/2006 12:59:55 PM PST by Stoat
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By SUN ONLINE REPORTER A TEAM of health and safety officers had to be rescued after their office collapsed during a meeting. Twenty-one officers had been discussing evacuation procedures around a large wooden conference table when the floor beneath them gave way. Workers on the floor below saw the ceiling start to sag and buckle and ran out of the room. Seconds later the floor gave way completely, plunging the health and safety officers, their table, chairs, flip charts, clipboards and paperwork into the office below. Thirteen firemen using ladders and ropes pulled the officers out from the debris. One had broken her ankle and was taken to hospital along with three others who had bumps and bruises. The other 17 were left shocked but uninjured. After the rescue yet more health and safety officers arrived to investigate the cause of the incident. The building, in Hyde, Greater Manchester, is home to schools supply firm Findel Education Ltd. A spokesman said: “The affected area has been sealed off but the rest of the building remains operational, in agreement with the health and safety officers." It is not yet known if any of the workers will now take their
employer to court on health and safety grounds. |
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; collapes; collapse; england; greatbritain; irony; safety; uk; unitedkingdom
"The original construction crew who worked on the building could not be reached for comment"
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posted on
02/21/2006 12:59:57 PM PST
by
Stoat
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: Stoat
Wow. You just can't make this stuff up.
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posted on
02/21/2006 1:07:07 PM PST
by
Egon
(We are number one! All others are number two... or lower.)
To: Stoat
Sounds like a Monty Python skit. Did anyone take a look around for John Cleese?
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posted on
02/21/2006 1:07:16 PM PST
by
Desron13
(If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
To: Desron13
A number of years ago here in Pittsburgh, the Health Department was having a lunchon at Poli's restuarant when rats fell out of the ceiling.
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posted on
02/21/2006 1:15:08 PM PST
by
learner
To: Desron13
Did anyone take a look around for John Cleese?
I made a few calls and discovered that he is out supervising a crew who are building a new particle accelerator facility in the attic of a Piccadilly chocolate shop.
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posted on
02/21/2006 1:15:49 PM PST
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
"Workers on the floor below saw the ceiling start to sag and buckle and ran out of the room"Of course they had nothing to do with causing it.
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posted on
02/21/2006 1:37:21 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: Stoat
Sound like the White House office of strategic planning after this last few days.
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posted on
02/21/2006 1:37:34 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(If you don't want to be lumped in with those who commit violence in your name, take steps to end it.)
To: Desron13
Sounds like a Monty Python skit. Did anyone take a look around for John Cleese? It's the Architect Sketch.
Mr. Wymer: Frankly, I think the central pillar may need strengthening.
Client 2: Is that going to put the cost up?
Mr. Wymer: I'm afraid so.
Client 2: I don't know we need to worry too much about strengthening that. After all, these are not meant to be luxury flats.
Client 1: Absolutely. If we make sure the tenants are of light build and relatively sedentary and if the weather's on our side, I think we have a winner here.
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posted on
02/21/2006 1:52:14 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Next Olympics I want wide track bobsledding. Four sleds on the track at once - like Ben Hur on ice.)
To: KarlInOhio
Nearly as ironic as the local fire house burning down.
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posted on
02/21/2006 2:12:35 PM PST
by
CalvaryJohn
(What is keeping that damned asteroid?)
To: KarlInOhio; Desron13
Sounds like a Monty Python skit. It's the Architect Sketch.Also, in "Cycling Tour" (my favourite MPFC episode), there is a scene in a hospital's Casualty Ward where there is a continuous series of accidents.
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posted on
02/21/2006 4:44:33 PM PST
by
Nicholas Conradin
(If you are not disquieted by "One nation under God," try "One nation under Allah.")
To: Stoat
A TEAM of health and safety officers had to be rescued after their office collapsed during a meeting.It isn't that they were trapped, its just that they are all trained to remain in the building until everyone else was evacuated. But when everyone is a safety officer, no one can leave.
To: Stoat
Fellow Brits will remember the advert:
Ja, Britischer Arkitekt!
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