Day 085 - 08 Feb 95 - Page 20


     
     1        feet off the ground at any given moment, he has broken into
     2        a run.  That is what I am asking you.
     3        A.  That makes it a lot easier.  With your definition
     4        there, I have not seen anyone running with your definition.
     5
     6   MR. MORRIS:  Can you explain why slips and falls are the most
     7        common reported accident at McDonald's then, if people are
     8        not running?
     9        A.  Walking around is the most commonly performed activity
    10        within McDonald's.  You will be walking and moving from
    11        place to place much more often than you would be lifting a
    12        box or doing many of the other activities.  Therefore, it
    13        seems logical that accidents would occur move often
    14        undertaking that task.
    15
    16   Q.   If they run, they are more likely to slip and fall, are
    17        they not?
    18        A.  If they run but, as I have just defined with the
    19        definition of having two feet off the ground, people have
    20        not in my experience run in McDonald's.
    21
    22   Q.   But that is, presumably, why you said that running would be
    23        unacceptable because it is more likely to lead to further
    24        accidents, is it not?
    25        A.  Yes.
    26
    27   Q.   Even if you are walking, the faster you walk, the more
    28        danger there is of slipping, is there not?  Is that not
    29        common sense?
    30        A.  Yes.
    31
    32   MR. MORRIS:  Can we have our five-minute break?
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  We will take five minutes now.
    35
    36                            (Short Adjournment)
    37
    38   MR. MORRIS:  If we look at 5.10 on page 863 it says:  "There was
    39        no safety inspection form, check list and associated
    40        guidance for use routinely by restaurant managers".  Is
    41        there currently a specific safety inspection form and check
    42        list?
    43        A.  I am unsure what it means by "safety inspection form".
    44        There is not a form of a title but we have the audit
    45        I referred to earlier.
    46
    47   Q.   The audit is a general audit, is it not, on all aspects?
    48        A.  It is a safety audit, health and safety audit.
    49
    50   Q.   A health and safety audit? 
    51        A.  Yes. 
    52 
    53   Q.   It says it conducts an internal audit.  It says:  "However,
    54        there was no safety inspection form or check list".  You do
    55        not know what they mean by that?
    56        A.  I really do not know what they mean.  It would be
    57        helpful if I knew what area that was covering because for
    58        electrical safety we have checks done on an annual basis by
    59        outside contractors, and many other pieces of equipment we
    60        have done that way.  We have our internal safety audits

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