[modeleng] Re: Shut yards, HSE and spoiling of fun

At 02:23 PM 6/21/07 +0100, you wrote:
>Would anyone else care to comment, or disagree with my thoughts? - Rich

Rich,
     We have very much the same situation over here.  Many places where one
was formerly allowed to wander are now off-limits and the universal reason
is now "Insurance regulations" and there is every reason to believe that is
truly the case, for much the same reasons you state.  The primary focus of
OSHA (our H&S) is life safety, not litigation prevention although that is
certainly a secondary effect.  But there are also a number of suituations
where shops simply don't want to have the nasty public wandering about so
"Insurance regulations" is given as a convenient excuse, rather than just
out and saying we don't want to you wandering around back there or
attempting to serve yourself.
     I have two or three local metals suppliers, all of which once allowed
me (ie, the public) to go into the shed and sort through their "drops" bins
for shorts & odd bits of metal, and as often as not I found and came away
with much more than I'd initially intended to buy.  But no more, "insurance
regulations" forbid it, so IF I go back at all it will be to buy only what
I need and no more.  I think they simply don't want me wandering around the
shed.


Regards,
Harry Wade
Nashville  Tennessee

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