yes health and safety rules strike again, a maintenance firm contracted by city officials in Stoke has allegedly banned ladders from being used for even the most menial jobs because of safety concerns, Kier Stoke, which repairs and maintains council houses and public buildings, puts up scaffolding at a cost of at least £35 a day, it remains for an average of eight days, this means that the amount the firm charges the cash-strapped council for scaffolding has soared from £423,000 in 2008/2009 to £1.4million last year, the first year in which the rule was in force,
Mike Barnes, a councillor from the opposition Community Voice party, said he had been contacted by one elderly couple who had waited six months for the bulb in a security light at the rear of their council bungalow to be changed, ‘the job was delayed because they were told scaffolding would have to be used as there was a ban on ladders,’ he said, ‘eventually, three men turned up and put up scaffolding before the job was finally done, one of the men held the rigging, another changed the bulb and the third stood supervising', still the council can afford it because Stoke City Council is seeking to make 700 staff redundant to help pay for this sort of madness, just think, this type of thinking could be coming to a council near you!
Wednesday 2 February 2011
How Many People Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?
if you are in Stoke the answer is three, (and a set of scaffolding instead of ladder),
yes health and safety rules strike again, a maintenance firm contracted by city officials in Stoke has allegedly banned ladders from being used for even the most menial jobs because of safety concerns, Kier Stoke, which repairs and maintains council houses and public buildings, puts up scaffolding at a cost of at least £35 a day, it remains for an average of eight days, this means that the amount the firm charges the cash-strapped council for scaffolding has soared from £423,000 in 2008/2009 to £1.4million last year, the first year in which the rule was in force,
Mike Barnes, a councillor from the opposition Community Voice party, said he had been contacted by one elderly couple who had waited six months for the bulb in a security light at the rear of their council bungalow to be changed, ‘the job was delayed because they were told scaffolding would have to be used as there was a ban on ladders,’ he said, ‘eventually, three men turned up and put up scaffolding before the job was finally done, one of the men held the rigging, another changed the bulb and the third stood supervising', still the council can afford it because Stoke City Council is seeking to make 700 staff redundant to help pay for this sort of madness, just think, this type of thinking could be coming to a council near you!
yes health and safety rules strike again, a maintenance firm contracted by city officials in Stoke has allegedly banned ladders from being used for even the most menial jobs because of safety concerns, Kier Stoke, which repairs and maintains council houses and public buildings, puts up scaffolding at a cost of at least £35 a day, it remains for an average of eight days, this means that the amount the firm charges the cash-strapped council for scaffolding has soared from £423,000 in 2008/2009 to £1.4million last year, the first year in which the rule was in force,
Mike Barnes, a councillor from the opposition Community Voice party, said he had been contacted by one elderly couple who had waited six months for the bulb in a security light at the rear of their council bungalow to be changed, ‘the job was delayed because they were told scaffolding would have to be used as there was a ban on ladders,’ he said, ‘eventually, three men turned up and put up scaffolding before the job was finally done, one of the men held the rigging, another changed the bulb and the third stood supervising', still the council can afford it because Stoke City Council is seeking to make 700 staff redundant to help pay for this sort of madness, just think, this type of thinking could be coming to a council near you!
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