Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[Caledonian]

oh and cally, she has red hair (not ginger i hasten to add) and works in the arena

oh and she wasnae there tonight...????

jamie

An instructor?

Probably, as fit as a fiddle and playing hard to get

You really have, got your hands full

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

who's quiet on the work front? we haven't had a call in a week!!

 

[iain]

our private jobs are also on a downer at this time of the year
its lets save for chrimbo time

 

[jamie]

playing hard to get, she redefines the term. nice lassie though and considering i'm still livin with my ex (she plans to leave in a month after she has worked her notice and move to kent) im happy to go slow......none of those ackward silences

jamie

 

[Buzzlightyear]

Rolla, private work quite but tied up on scrub work untill December anyway...

 

[jamie]

hmm

dont know about private work but we are ok with everything else. working off a platform today and tomorrow, residents in edinburgh centre have expensive lights up them (10K for around 10 trees) the lights have been wrapped around the stems, climbing would be a sure fire way to destroy every bulb. dont know why they were not deadwooded before the lights ent up....lots of pegs (about an inch long) as i cant get to the collars for the fecking bulbs

jamie

 

[PRUNER 1]

well, still on sick with me shoulder but back to work on monday. ime bored stiff. apparently the lads still aint got their silkies back.

 

[Ross Turner]

If you lot noticed my post on the injury thread about my cornea abrasion,The boss called me in the office today so he could have a little word.It turns out he has never had an injury(any injury) put in the accident book & does not want any even if it requires consulting any of the medical proffession.
Has anyone else come across this or is it just a one off.No accident report no claim sort of thinking.????????????

 

[iain]

i've had tree bits in my eyes before, twice infact both required a visit to the a&e
scratching the white of my eyes and i still get discomfort in one of them four years on

i find it odd that your boss should ask you to forget about it , he and you have an obligation to record injurys at work although i doubt it if riddor is applicable in this instance
( covering his arse against a potential future claim me thinks !!!!

 

[Janner]

You got it buddy by the sounds of it your boss is trying to make sure you haven't got a leg to stand on if you ever do want to claim. If you were in a work related incident and this incident was recorded in your med docs and you also had 3 days or more of work, the health and safety folks would be round and i imagine that would really ruin your bosses day/ month. So thats probably another reason why he doesnt want you to fill the form in.

Just spoken to my Mother who is a ' specialist practicioner in occupational health' (i.e health and safety guru) basically if you've seen the doc/ med professionals and its in your records that its a work related injury then you should be able to claim if you ever wanted todo so. But obviously if you did fill in the accident book it would make it allot easier to prove that it was a work related injury.

If you want confidential advice on where you stand contact the Health and Safety Executive or via the website www.hse.gov.uk

 

[Big A]

Dont know about the law on this one but I understand that any accident/incident should be in the accident book. what if a week down the line your eye became infected and you lose the sight in that eye? No proof that it had happened at work, where would you be then? IMO he's wrong.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Yeah, He's completely in the wrong. ANY injury should go in the book. I have to admit that I have'nt put a few in, mainly through bad memory. In those instances, the lads concerned werent bothered. (bumped knee, cut finger, that sort of thing)But to actually try to hide it.....(sharply indrawn breath)
Very naughty. Possibly you could tell him your going to put it in WestCoasts accident book? that will gee him along...

 

[iain]

thor are you on rome total war a lot

re 'cry havoc' blah blah

 

[Thor's Hammer]

sorry iain, i'm a bit of a luddite when it comes to games. Its just a Shakespear quotation I like

 

[iain]

soz m8 i'm not the worlds authority when it comes to the bard

 

[Buzzlightyear]

Well I'm with Ed now regarding working in the rain. Have been felling and snedding BIG Scots Pine all day today to prepare for chipping tomorrow. It's been howling today with gusts upto 60mph and driving rain.

On the last tree i turned off my saw, told one of my lads to pick up an errant log that had rolled onto a bridle way and promptly slipped on my arse ! My left forearm which was holding the chainsaw landed across the bar which ripped through my favourite Husqy jacket and took a lump out of my forearm and that's with the chainsaw switched off !! 4 stitches alot of superglue and a cup of tea later and i'm regretting working in the rain today lol

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

bollox to working in the wind and rain !!!!!

 

[jamie]

*******

jamie

 

[jamie]

sorry, if we didnt work in the rain we wouldn't work.....

how much rain are you lot talking about....forcast for the day or if it rains work stops?

jamie

 

[Buzzlightyear]

Jamie, i'm only kidding i'm back to it tomorrow rain or not !! Got to get the chipping done so i can get the kit off to the next scrub job next week. The forecast ain't clever though ! Hope my stitches don't burst ! One scots i was felling today sat back and pinched the saw then the wind gusted snapped the hitch and blew it 4' from the stump !!