Coopers’ Company and Coburn School, a sports college, told its local Upminster
Cricket Club it was too dangerous to give the wicket a weekly roll to
flatten out the cracks and bumps.
The cricketers queried with decision with the Health and Safety Executive and
were told it was another example of officials wrongly blaming the
regulations for something they appeared not to want to do.
The HSE disclosed yesterday that there have been almost 200 similar cases in
the past year of insurance companies, employers and local authorities
blaming health and safety rules to support “ridiculous or disproportionate”
decisions.
A gym club told members they should only use hair dryers on the hair on their
head, “for health and safety reasons”. A DIY store told a customer it could
not cut wood down to size so he could fit it in his car because it was
“against health and safety rules”. A hotel refused to provide toilet brushes
in bathrooms, on the grounds of health and safety.
All three cases, like the Upminster school, were incorrect interpretations of
health and safety regulations.
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