Day 128 - 24 May 95 - Page 46
1 Q. If it was dirty, would it cause you concern?
2 A. Certainly, I would not want them to be using dirty
3 coats in what is a food storage area.
4
5 Q. There would be implications for hygiene?
6 A. Well, I ----
7
8 Q. Food safety?
9 A. I think the risk would be absolutely minimal because
10 all of the food is covered, but it certainly would not be
11 good practice to do that.
12
13 Q. In the Health and Safety Executive Report there is -- if
14 you want to look at it, it is page 824, paragraph 2.27 --
15 reference to crew members stating that "managers filtering
16 shortening whilst not wearing protective workwear". Is
17 that something that you have investigated at all?
18 A. I would not say "investigated". If it has happened,
19 then I -- obviously, it should not have happened. I know
20 that we have sent out both a reminder to managers that they
21 should wear protective clothing, even if they are just
22 training a filtering person, and also that since this
23 document was written, we have updated all of the filtering
24 training as well and that includes in there that managers
25 should wear protective clothing.
26
27 Q. OK. I think you mentioned yesterday that Andrew Foster --
28 is it Andrew Foster ---
29 A. Yes.
30
31 Q. -- was shown minutes of rap sessions, presumably, that was
32 regarding safety matters?
33 A. Yes, he would have seen the whole set because back when
34 Andrew did his investigation, I used to be routinely copied
35 on all of the rap session notes.
36
37 Q. For all the stores around the country?
38 A. For the Midlands region where I was based.
39
40 Q. Is that still the case?
41 A. My people in the region are copied on them, yes, so
42 that they can look at the safety section.
43
44 Q. Do you know whether that is the situation in other regions
45 as well?
46 A. All three regions, yes.
47
48 Q. How long do you usually keep them for?
49 A. I do not know.
50
51 Q. You do not know?
52 A. No, I would expect them just to keep the year's copies.
53
54 Q. Do they go to other departments apart from the Health and
55 Safety Department?
56 A. They do. They go to all the interested departments, so
57 there would be departments such as Personnel and
58 Construction.
59
60 Q. And Security?
