Day 130 - 26 May 95 - Page 23


     
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     2   MR. MORRIS:  It might be useful to put the "1" before the "2" as
     3        they go together.
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     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  1, 2, the tree and then the update.
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     7   MR. MORRIS:  I might not refer to this; a lot of it has been
     8        dealt with.
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Pick out anything which you think is
    11        important and has not been touched upon.
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    13   MR. MORRIS (To the witness):  On page 2 of the status report,
    14        the third one down under the heading "Dangerous
    15        behaviour/condition" -- in fact, all of the points are
    16        under "Dangerous behaviour/condition" -- it says on the
    17        third one down on page 2:  "40 damaged sockets have not
    18        been repaired, despite a fixed system check".  What is the
    19        fixed system check?
    20        A.  In addition to having all the portable equipment
    21        checked, once a year they carry out a check of all the
    22        fixed electrical equipment as well.  So that would be
    23        things like the drinks machine, which, they are not
    24        movable, but they obviously need checking as well.  What we
    25        have instituted since then is if the contractors find
    26        anything they are not happy with while they on site, they
    27        do not leave until they have fixed it basically, or they
    28        leave it in a condition that it cannot be used until they
    29        can get back with the parts.
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    31   Q.   So a fixed system check had been done in that store ---
    32        A.  It just means -----
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    34   Q.  --  but not been acted on when 40 damaged sockets (in the
    35        plural) had been found during the fixed system check, but
    36        not been repaired?
    37        A.  Yes, we discussed that earlier on; there certainly were
    38        some repairs that had not been done.
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    40   Q.   Just regarding the tree, the only question on that is, in
    41        your fault tree, what it is called, in the centre of the
    42        page, slightly to the right, it says:  "Plug incorrectly
    43        wired by crew member".  There is no evidence, is there,
    44        that the plug was incorrectly wired by the crew member,
    45        even if it was in a dangerous condition at the time of the
    46        accident, there is no evidence that he had incorrectly
    47        wired it, is there?
    48        A.  It was what I believed to be true at the time, based on
    49        the facts, but I understand exactly what you are saying.
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    51   Q.   OK.  I think that is all I want to say on the report. 
    52        Could we have a five-minute break? 
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    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Have you anything more to ask about the Mark
    55        Hopkins matter?  I really think we have covered everything
    56        I can imagine that you would need to argue in relation to
    57        it, or I would would need to reach any conclusion.
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    59   MR. MORRIS:  I was going to take the opportunity to check
    60        through in case there is anything.

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