Day 127 - 23 May 95 - Page 64
1 it is just an improvement in the recording procedures.
2 What you expect to see is after that initial rise a real
3 measured fall.
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5 Q. Have you any idea, I am afraid I cannot help you about this
6 because I do not know how many restaurants there were at
7 the end of 1993, how many accidents per restaurant that
8 figure of 400 represented in 1993?
9 A. It is still less per one per restaurant.
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11 Q. What actually was the number of RIDDOR accidents per store
12 in 1994?
13 A. It was .86. I think it was.
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15 Q. What was the total number throughout the country?
16 A. It was 380.
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18 Q. 380, thank you very much. Can we have a quick look, please
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am sorry, what did that relate to? Total
22 number of restaurants?
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24 MR. RAMPTON: No, I am sorry, my Lord. It is entirely my
25 fault. It was a muddle. The figure of .8 per restaurant
26 represents a total number of RIDDOR accidents during 1994
27 of 380. In other words, the total fell -----
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: So that is what they were in 1994?
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31 MR. RAMPTON: In 1994, yes. (To the witness): Can I ask,
32 Mrs. Barnes, what these sheets are or where they come
33 from?
34 A. They were part of a report to the board on our
35 progress.
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37 Q. A report to the board?
38 A. Yes, safety.
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40 Q. By you?
41 A. I prepared it, yes.
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43 Q. You prepared it. Because one notices that one is headed
44 "Sheet 2", the next one is headed "Sheet 5". This is
45 place of accident, and the only thing one notices which may
46 be significant is that for 1993 -- and you compared 1993
47 with 1991 in this chart, have you not?
48 A. Yes.
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50 Q. -- the dining area seems to be a more dangerous place, do
51 you see that?
52 A. I do, yes.
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54 Q. Otherwise perhaps, I do not know if I am right, the
55 differences might not be significant?
56 A. Yes, they are very small.
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58 Q. Small differences. Then if we turn over the page, the type
59 of accident, we find that in 1991, as in 1993, slips and
60 trips were by far the most frequent cause of an accident or
