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1 Prohibition Notices to see if there are any patterns that
2 have emerged on serious problems?
3 A. No.
4
5 Q. So are you unable to draw any conclusions about what action
6 local statutory bodies are taking?
7 A. I think Prohibition Notices cover such a broad spectrum
8 of things and they can be often sorted out just at a local
9 level very quickly. What I can tell you is if anything of
10 note happens within health and safety that Jill thinks
11 I should know about, then I get an E mail, electronic mail,
12 sent down to me so I am aware of the situation.
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14 Q. What have you seen then in the last six months that was of
15 note?
16 A. Unfortunately, there was a door fell on a young child
17 when a contractor was changing a front door recently.
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19 Q. But in terms of the employees' safety?
20 A. Employee safety in the last six months? I believe
21 there was a scale lift failure that came through, and that
22 would not have been a Prohibition Notice. That would be us
23 notifying the Environmental Health Officer of a dangerous
24 occurrence.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you want the five-minute break?
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28 MR. MORRIS: Is it possible to finish this?
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, it is.
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32 MR. MORRIS: We are not far off really. (To the witness): So,
33 if you look at this Notice in front of us?
34 A. Would you like me to read it?
35
36 Q. Yes, have a quick skip through it. It is from Michael
37 Mcshirkie.
38 A. That is 794J?
39
40 Q. Yes.
41 A. OK, I have read that through now.
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43 Q. Do you agree with what it says?
44 A. Yes, in general.
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46 Q. Is there anything you disagree with?
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The essence of it is that the use of portable
49 electrical appliances in the wash-up area ---
50 A. Without an RCD.
51
52 Q. -- without the protection of a residual current device
53 installed thereto will involve a risk of serious personal
54 injury?
55 A. I agree with, yes.
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57 Q. Do you draw any issue with that?
58 A. No, I do not draw any issue with that.
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60 MR. MORRIS: So, if we just go to Michael McShirkie's statement
