Day 132 - 07 Jun 95 - Page 05
1 It would vary between 2.5 per 1,000 which is hotels and
2 catering?
3 A. Yes.
4
5 Q. Up to the 31 per 1,000 which is food manufacturing ---
6 A. Yes.
7
8 Q. -- if your recollection is correct about that -- with
9 distribution, hotels and catering repairs being near the
10 bottom of the scale, with just under 4 per 1,000?
11 A. Yes.
12
13 Q. Food, drink and tobacco manufacturing industries being near
14 the top of the scale with 25 per 1,000?
15 A. Absolutely, my Lord. That was the comparison I was
16 seeking to make yesterday.
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18 Q. You maybe asked more about that by Ms. Steel and Mr. Morris
19 or Mr. Rampton, but I do not think it is right for me to
20 pursue it any further at this stage anyway. Can I ask you
21 about the HSE report which was tab 55?
22 A. Yes, my Lord.
23
24 Q. Has that helped you or, rather, can you help me about what
25 you see as relevant advances?
26 A. Yes, I can. I have trawled through the report and
27 highlighted those references which the HSE make positively
28 about either work in progress or recent improvements or
29 improvements since the appointment of a Health & Safety
30 advisor.
31
32 Q. I am not asking you to elaborate on them for now, but if
33 you could identify them for me, I would be grateful?
34 A. Certainly. Some of them are general in nature and some
35 specific.
36
37 Q. Yes. Just take it in your own time but steadily,
38 Mr. Purslow. Tab 55.
39 A. The first statement would be page which is detailed 800
40 at the bottom which is the summary, para. 3, which mentions
41 the role of the Health & Safety Officer in improving --
42 some success in developing new procedures.
43
44 Q. So we knew that anyway, but I would rather you told us even
45 the obvious.
46 A. It is just a general ------
47
48 Q. Mrs. Barnes is coming?
49 A. Indeed.
50
51 Q. But the Health & Safety Task Force was there already?
52 A. Yes, but you will see a reference to that subsequently,
53 my Lord.
54
55 Q. Yes, I understand that.
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57 MS. STEEL: Sorry, can I just clarify? Are these things that
58 have been brought in?
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: These are things which have been brought in