Through Out Our Blog Matters Concerning Health And Safety Seem To Be Lacking In Common Sense,

whilst people should be safe at work cases like this make the whole issue look ridiculous, a butcher in Sainsbury's was telling Businessman John Wilkinson how he had been butchering meat for 30 years and they were chatting about how he had been teaching all the young butchers how to cut the meat and joints, but when John asked the butcher to de-bone a joint he was told 'My bosses won't let me, in case I cut myself and I'm not insured.' how cheap can Sainsburys get not to insure their butcher's? Mr Wilkinson took the matter to the customer services counter at the large Sainsbury's store in Penylan, Cardiff, and staff confirmed that company policy deemed it to be 'not safe' for the butcher to use knives on a lamb joint, Mr Wilkinson said: 'It was just hysterical, I went to the desk and the woman there said it was for the butcher's own safety' a spokesman for Sainsbury's said: 'Our colleagues who work on the meat counters are all trained to use knives, but some have not received all of the training to safely de-bone a lamb joint,' so a butcher of over 30 years in the trade is not good enough? 'We are sorry we could not help Mr Wilkinson, but hope he will shop with us in future.' well not if he wants a de-bone joint he will not!