[modeleng] Re: Accidents
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 08:47:21 -0700 (PDT)
Barrie, would you really like to read a detailed
report of Unka Jesse taking a prat fall off the Newbie
Engine?
Al Messer
--- "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Barrie Purslow wrote:
>
> > I've never understood why there is no formal
> procedure for reporting accidents in the model
> engineering world. I refer particularly to our
> miniature railway operations where we are carrying
> fare paying members of the public. We all know that
> accidents happen but I have never seen a formal
> report of any of these accidents. How are we
> supposed to learn from them if we are not told what
> has happened? Surely there is a job here for our
> national associations?
> > Don't anybody tell me it ain't possible - I've
> just retired from 30 years of gliding where every
> accident is investigated and the details published
> for all to read and learn. The same is true for the
> power flying world.
> > Maybe it's different in other countries?
> > Barrie Purslow
> > Warrington UK
> > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST.
>
> Is it not a mixture of people not wanting to
> countersign a written report
> of what they did wrong, for fear of looking stupid,
> getting into hot
> water, being sued, etc.
>
> Also that the nature of the current health and
> safety system makes
> it seem like the more dangerous someone admits
> something is,
> the more likely it is to get banned; but if you try
> and play down the
> gravity of the whole thing then people don't
> perceive it to be dangerous,
> so you're allowed to continue. Could the issue being
> that people don't
> want to record the fact they nearly got sprayed in
> the face with hot
> steam, as this makes the hobby sound dangerous?
>
>
> Yours,
>
>
> Rich.
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