Day 132 - 07 Jun 95 - Page 49
1 Q. Just glance at the first two paragraphs.
2 A. Yes.
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4 Q. Then the third para.: "The financial standing of the
5 situation will not be considered where electrical safety is
6 concerned. Your M & R account is no protection.
7 Electricity kills and with 30,000 plus employees the odds
8 of a fatal accident are high. Please do not let one of
9 your people be the first". Do you see that?
10 A. Yes, I do.
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12 Q. From your experience of McDonald's and its attitude to
13 employee safety, does that strike any discord in your mind?
14 A. None at all. It reinforces the points that have been
15 made.
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17 Q. Finally on this topic page 773 which is Frank Frost's memo
18 which Mr. Morris did not show you but I will. It is dated
19 17th February 1992. Do you see that?
20 A. Yes, I do.
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22 Q. Mr. Morris quoted imperfectly from the first part of it.
23 He said Mr. Frost said that he is a northern region
24 person. He heads it, do you see, "important" with
25 exclamation marks and asterisks? "There have been several
26 recent instances in our restaurants where members of staff
27 have received severe shocks from faulty items of electrical
28 equipment. Unfortunately, I have not been informed of these
29 accidents at the time they occurred."
30 A. Yes.
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32 Q. Then do you see the words "AND" underlined?
33 A. Yes.
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35 Q. Could you read those carefully to yourself, please?
36 A. I do.
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38 Q. Then please read the last paragraph which is in ordinary
39 lower case letters?
40 A. Yes.
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42 Q. My question is this. From your point of view as an expert
43 in health and safety, had you been in Mr. Frank Frost's
44 position would you have worded that memorandum any
45 differently?
46 A. No, I do not think I would. I think that is a good
47 memo in that particular instance.
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49 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, those are all the questions I have.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you, Mr. Purslow.
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53 (The witness withdrew).
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55 MR. MORRIS: Just before we leave Mr. Purslow's evidence, the
56 Health & Safety Commission report we have Mr. Rampton's
57 copy. Could we have a photocopy of it?
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59 MR. RAMPTON: I do not propose to photocopy the whole of it, my
60 Lord.
