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1 as from or since about July 1990.
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3 THE WITNESS: That is right. You asked me my involvement and
4 I think the question was what we have been working on, if
5 you like, since Jill Barnes' appointment and, indeed, my
6 engagement as a safety consultant.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We start with her appointment as the first of
9 the innovations?
10 A. Yes.
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12 Q. The next one, Mr. Purslow?
13 A. 815, para. 1.3, some revisions to the stores' policy
14 being carried out during 91/92.
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16 Q. Yes, I have noted that.
17 A. Page 821, para. 2.14, which emphasises the Task Force
18 was restructured in May 1991. Obviously, that is part of
19 the ongoing process and refers to the earlier comment.
20 Page 822, which is the continuation of 2.14, a considered
21 report on the Company's accidents statistics, initiated a
22 hazard spotting exercise and so on and so forth. The
23 statistics, as you will be aware, was an innovation that
24 Jill introduced.
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26 Q. Yes.
27 A. At page 825, 2.30, there was relevant guidance
28 available e.g. on COSHH and so on which is one of the
29 projects that we worked on.
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31 Page 828, 2.36, just emphasised again the COSHH procedures
32 had been used effectively in some stores when introducing
33 cost procedures and so on. Page 831, para. 2.48, talks
34 about several initiatives affecting the Health & Safety
35 content of training were outlined during interviews,
36 training on COSHH, a revised fire, hygiene and safety test
37 used at orientation, and so on.
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39 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, does that apply to the COSHH and to the
40 revised fire, hygiene and safety test?
41 A. It would include the safety aspect of the -----
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There is a revised fire, hygiene and safety
44 test, there is COSHH and revision of the Applied Equipment
45 course?
46 A. Yes, it was part of the ongoing work that was being
47 undertaken.
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49 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, can we just clarify? The safety aspect
50 of ----
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, I would like you to ask your questions by
53 all means in a moment.
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55 MR. MORRIS: He just said that. I wanted to clarify that safety
56 aspect ----
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: My questions are not by any means meant to be
59 totally comprehensive. Let us just enumerate them. If you
60 want to ask more, then certainly you can because when