Day 086 - 09 Feb 95 - Page 72


     
     1        stage, I think it was, was that right?
     2        A.  No, I think I was talking when I was an Operations
     3        Manager and a notice came out about light bulbs, I think it
     4        was talking about, just as an example of communication to
     5        us, saying that we should not change light bulbs if there
     6        was not anyone capable of doing that, or that they should
     7        be changed by a contractor, I think it was, that we were
     8        told, even if we had someone capable.  I think at that time
     9        we were implying that they should not do it.
    10
    11   Q.   That was any electrical work, not just changing light
    12        bulbs?
    13        A.  Yes, I think it was talking about -- by just electrical
    14        work, specific electrical work and one of the examples was
    15        light bulbs.
    16
    17   Q.   So it was not all the electrical work then?
    18        A.  I was just trying to give an example.  I do not know
    19        the manual in detail.
    20
    21   Q.   You do not remember?
    22        A.  I was trying to give you an example of communication
    23        about electrical safety I think at the time.
    24
    25   Q.   Right.  Was it a company regulation that no electrical work
    26        should be done by anyone who was not specifically trained
    27        to do it?
    28        A.  I think it depends what you mean by "electrical work".
    29        As long as people have taken the AEC course, that the work
    30        specified on there, that it is OK for them to carry out
    31        those tasks.
    32
    33   Q.   But anyone who had not taken that AEC, they would not be
    34        allowed to do any electrical work at all?
    35        A.  Right.
    36
    37   Q.   I am sorry, I actually thought you said that -- was there
    38        always someone available who had done the AEC course?
    39        A.  There would normally be someone in the store who had
    40        done the AEC course, yes.
    41
    42   Q.   There would always be?
    43        A.  Not always, but there is not much electrical work to be
    44        done in a restaurant.
    45
    46   Q.   Did it ever happen while you were there that there was not
    47        somebody in the store who was qualified under the AEC?
    48        A.  Well, I was there and I was qualified when I was in
    49        restaurants and, normally, the restaurant manager or
    50        assistant manager would have been there.  But there would 
    51        be occasions when there would be someone in the restaurant 
    52         -- there would be a shift in a restaurant where there was 
    53        someone who was not qualified to do electrical work.
    54
    55   Q.   What would happen if something like a bun toaster broke
    56        down?
    57        A.  Get the replacement bun toaster.
    58
    59   Q.   There is a spare one kept in the store, is there?
    60        A.  Yes.

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