Day 127 - 23 May 95 - Page 39
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2 Q. Then they get the teaching and then after that they get a
3 handout?
4 A. Yes, that is correct.
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6 Q. That is a written thing, is it?
7 A. That is correct.
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9 Q. Not a sum of money?
10 A. No.
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12 Q. "The content was revised in May 1991 and our open learning
13 package...(reads to the words)... prior to May 1991
14 up-to-date. Judith Chapman, store manager, attended the
15 AEC in April 1990 and attended a class covering the open
16 learning package in early 1992, as did the store area
17 supervisor and operations manager. Information on the
18 dangers of electricity is also given in MDP" -- that is the
19 Management Development Programme?
20 A. That is correct.
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22 Q. Part II, is that right?
23 A. That is correct.
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25 Q. Then you write: "Floor managers are given very brief
26 information on electrical hazards in the floor managers'
27 post package which has only been issued recently." We
28 looked at that earlier today, did we not?
29 A. We did, yes.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The young man who rewired the plug was Robert
32 Chapman?
33 A. That is correct.
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35 Q. And the store manager was Judith Chapman?
36 A. Yes.
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38 Q. Were they any relation?
39 A. No, they are not related.
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41 Q. It was not a younger brother or anything like that?
42 A. No.
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44 MR. RAMPTON: Then you write, "We do not train floor managers or
45 second assistants on the basic operations course how to
46 deal with electrical isolation or electrical shock. We
47 have shift running managers who have not received training
48 in how to deal with these type of emergencies."
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50 Now, the first question, Mrs. Barnes, why were they not
51 getting that training as a matter of course and the second
52 question, was any change made?
53 A. They were not getting it as a matter of course. An
54 oversight maybe. But certainly afterwards we made changes
55 to the information.
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57 Q. We?
58 A. We made changes to the information, and in every
59 restaurant there would have been at least one manager who
60 had been through the advanced equipment course and usually
