Day 130 - 26 May 95 - Page 73
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. First of all, can I make sure I have on
4 page 724, Ms. Steel, the part you were pointing to: "Shoes
5 must be of"-----
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7 MS. STEEL: "... of durable leather construction with strong,
8 non-slip soles". It is also on page 731 in the second
9 paragraph, the fifth line down.
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11 Re-Examined by MR. RAMPTON Q.C.
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13 Q. Shoes, Mrs. Barnes: Could you find, please, pink XI? Can
14 we start, please, in tab 1 at page 27? This is the Crew
15 Handbook which you have told us they all get, each had his
16 or her individual copy; is that right?
17 A. That is correct, yes.
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19 Q. Page 27, this is 1986, appearance (b), do you see?
20 A. I do, yes.
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22 Q. "Crew should wear dark polished shoes, which should be low
23 heeled, comfortable and non-slip". Does that apply just to
24 shortening people or the whole crew?
25 A. That is to everybody.
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27 Q. Then it goes on: "Open toed sandals, canvas and training
28 shoes must not be worn for safety reasons". What are the
29 safety reasons why those kinds of shoes should not be worn?
30 A. Well, I suppose that, even outside of the filtering
31 process, there is a possibility of splashes in the kitchen
32 and it just would not make sense to have your feet open,
33 certainly.
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35 Q. We saw about a canvas shoes a concern?
36 A. That is right and I believe the concern with training
37 shoes was that the breathing holes in them still let in
38 shortening.
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40 Q. We saw in the Colchester book, if you remember, that some
41 person or persons had splashed hot fat on their shoes?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. And got burnt feet as a result. Just for reference,
45 Mrs. Barnes, that provision again it appears in all the
46 handbooks we have, but if you would not mind turning to
47 tab 3 at page 127? I only draw this to your attention,
48 there is a slight change in the wording. It is at letter
49 (b) again -- this is 1989, I think I said that -- "Crew
50 should wear dark polished shoes, which should be low heeled
51 and comfortable and have slip resistant soles". The words
52 in 1986 were "non-slip". Is there any reason, do you know,
53 why that changed might have been made?
54 A. I think from a technical standpoint, slip-resistant is
55 more accurate than non-slip.
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57 Q. Are there conditions in which some shoes are effective
58 against slip but other conditions in which the same shoes
59 may be ineffective?
60 A. I believe that is correct, yes.
