Day 130 - 26 May 95 - Page 73


     
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     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  First of all, can I make sure I have on
     4        page 724, Ms. Steel, the part you were pointing to:  "Shoes
     5        must be of"-----
     6
     7   MS. STEEL: "... of durable leather construction with strong,
     8        non-slip soles".  It is also on page 731 in the second
     9        paragraph, the fifth line down.
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    11                       Re-Examined by MR. RAMPTON Q.C.
    12
    13   Q.   Shoes, Mrs. Barnes:  Could you find, please, pink XI?  Can
    14        we start, please, in tab 1 at page 27?  This is the Crew
    15        Handbook which you have told us they all get, each had his
    16        or her individual copy; is that right?
    17        A.  That is correct, yes.
    18
    19   Q.   Page 27, this is 1986, appearance (b), do you see?
    20        A.  I do, yes.
    21
    22   Q.   "Crew should wear dark polished shoes, which should be low
    23        heeled, comfortable and non-slip".  Does that apply just to
    24        shortening people or the whole crew?
    25        A.  That is to everybody.
    26
    27   Q.   Then it goes on:  "Open toed sandals, canvas and training
    28        shoes must not be worn for safety reasons".  What are the
    29        safety reasons why those kinds of shoes should not be worn?
    30        A.  Well, I suppose that, even outside of the filtering
    31        process, there is a possibility of splashes in the kitchen
    32        and it just would not make sense to have your feet open,
    33        certainly.
    34
    35   Q.   We saw about a canvas shoes a concern?
    36        A.  That is right and I believe the concern with training
    37        shoes was that the breathing holes in them still let in
    38        shortening.
    39
    40   Q.   We saw in the Colchester book, if you remember, that some
    41        person or persons had splashed hot fat on their shoes?
    42        A.  Yes.
    43
    44   Q.   And got burnt feet as a result.  Just for reference,
    45        Mrs. Barnes, that provision again it appears in all the
    46        handbooks we have, but if you would not mind turning to
    47        tab 3 at page 127?  I only draw this to your attention,
    48        there is a slight change in the wording.  It is at letter
    49        (b) again -- this is 1989, I think I said that -- "Crew
    50        should wear dark polished shoes, which should be low heeled 
    51        and comfortable and have slip resistant soles".  The words 
    52        in 1986 were "non-slip".  Is there any reason, do you know, 
    53        why that changed might have been made?
    54        A.  I think from a technical standpoint, slip-resistant is
    55        more accurate than non-slip.
    56
    57   Q.   Are there conditions in which some shoes are effective
    58        against slip but other conditions in which the same shoes
    59        may be ineffective?
    60        A.  I believe that is correct, yes.

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