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Tip for the pallets…….. Inspect every one for loose nails, cracked wood etc as that is a future accident Ideally dismantle them and use the wood for construction screwed together If used as a surface don’t have the wood panels on top - it will break one day and trap a foot

The perils of generative AI and over reliance on the ‘new thing’, even if it was perfect then you’re stuck with that one combined generated image and have to start from scratch in the future. To correct the typo they will have to recreate from scratch, and even if continuing the prompt...

It’s like Airsoft but not ready yet, just needs a bit of sorting

@TheFull9 It turns out that I’m wrong about sites letting people see their risk assessments, on the basis of the work that goes into them and governing bodies etc offering support to body members It’s the 21st century now and there are a few available online, rather than being made available to...

This playlist can be an interesting watch, it’s by an insurance agent who also runs (or ran) sites https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0rei_fNx-OCJJqDbTQvOWUYeb8IL4BZ&si=P8Zr_UpxsYB7hjGi If you go through their other playlists you can find various other ‘specialist’ activities that they will...

It would be, I’ve had sight of parts of a couple of paintball site risk assessments & method statements*, sites don’t particularly want to share theirs with just anyone. * People often misdefine these. What many people think is a risk assessment is actually a method statement. I wrote up a...

There is an option with regard to any site that is seen to be operating unsafely …… Start with pointing it out to staff / management (give them a chance) Next would be to notify the Local Authority (council) and / or HSE Local Authorities will have a public protection team, covering areas such...

Back in a previous job in a regional office we would make Christmas dinner for the outstation staff, my father worked in one of the outstations and one day my mother handed me a book wrapped in brown paper with the clear instruction to not tell my father. That book was her stolen copy of the...

Does he have my head? ….. However I appear to exclusively get shot in the back of the head by a particular team mate

Many many times, cue the Swiss cheese model Any single point prevents disaster. It’s only the last couple of measures that get noticed, an ND that gets noticed in the moment and is promptly forgotten because no one got hurt or the final point when someone does get hurt

You’ve caught it there with your safety embedded but also a distrust of others How can others trust you? There are those who are safe by habit (you can always slip just once) and there are those who you hear saying “their safety is their finger” (I have absolutely no trust if those words are...

That’s the key point —- enforce rules

Disconnecting a battery does not guarantee there is no power to a component (residual energy in components - a capacitor) and also disc connecting a gas source does not guarantee there is nothing in a chamber somewhere, even if it does purge on removal One shot is all it takes But that’s not...

Back to the serious topic in hand …. This should make everyone rethink safety Anything brought out of the game zone must be “made safe” If you can pull it out of a holster then it is not safe, even if still in the holster it is not safe if the barrel is not blocked Battery disconnection is...

That’s quite a few decades back, either you’re as old as me or you have niche interests to keep an eye on the reievant case history …. If so you I can refer you to my eBay One thing a bad disclaimer can do is document what they thought of but failed to act upon and aid a negligence claim

I was right to check, the video I planned on showing is old school and the guy is good for experienced advice, but a few points would not be what I would recommend these days This isn’t an airfitting but is short and sweet with the best method for PTFE tape View: https://youtu.be/4JLKVIo9D1Y

I’ll get you a video on using PTFE tape ‘properly’, but will need to watch a couple with the volume on to be sure of what they say (when I’m not in a room full of people) Shredded tape is typically either threaded in the wrong direction or is too thick on the thread My only concern to raise...

That depth is fine as long as it doesn’t leak All it needs is to be “firmly” screwed in (Screw in hand tight, then a little tighter with a spanner - don’t force it) Some fittings will come new with a blue or white residue on the thread, which would be a sealant but if not it should not be...

I do agree with changes such as rounding the point from general use kitchen knives. A point is needed on a paring knife, which is a small knife. “Years ago” people were getting hurt with knives They were carried for a variety of reasons, many of which no longer apply I carry knives, but 99%...

People are allowed to defend themselves effectively. But not to plan to do so with weapons The nutters & criminals do think twice, and those thoughts lead to the wider use of weapons. A point to bear in mind is the escalation and use of your own weapon against you - the baddie is the one who...