Day 153 - 12 Jul 95 - Page 43
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2 Q. Or did it happen?
3 A. I cannot remember a specific incident, mainly because
4 if you are working in the grill area you are standing
5 stationary.
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7 Q. Yes, I understand that. But when you say, for example, you
8 do not recall anybody being forced to work all night or
9 something against their will, you were not asked: "Do you
10 remember any specific person working all night against
11 their will?" You were asked the question: "Did it ever
12 happen?" So I am asking you the question now: did it ever
13 happen that there were slipping accidents in the grill
14 area?
15 A. It may have happened. I cannot recall any specific
16 incident.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You cannot do better than that, Mr. Morris.
19 Whether he is right or not is another matter, but it is a
20 perfectly sensible answer.
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22 MR. MORRIS: Did you have concerns at that time about the
23 potential for slippage accidents in the grill area?
24 A. Well, in so far as we would be continually looking
25 around the restaurant for potential hazard areas. I did
26 not have any -- that would be as far as I would go. As for
27 people slipping up in the grill area, I cannot remember any
28 occurrences of it happening. Therefore -----
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30 Q. It was not an area of great concern?
31 A. It was not an area of great concern, no.
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33 Q. Have you seen the accident book for Colchester?
34 A. I have seen a page from the accident book in
35 Colchester, yes.
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37 Q. What was that page?
38 A. What was the page?
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40 Q. Yes. You said you have seen a page. Which page were you
41 shown?
42 A. Just a page with -----
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44 Q. What was the reason you were shown a page -- sorry?
45 A. I was asked to comment on an entry for Vicky Golding.
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47 Q. And that was an accident you could not remember?
48 A. I could not remember it, no, although it obviously
49 occurred.
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51 Q. Do you remember Mr. Alimi being splashed with hot oil in
52 the face?
53 A. I certainly do not, no.
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55 MR. MORRIS: I cannot find whether Vicky Golding's accident was
56 dealt with -- it was dealt with in the statement, was it
57 not?
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is in divider 7 of your blue II bundle,
60 towards the end of Simon Gibney's statement, paragraph 7.
