Day 128 - 24 May 95 - Page 08
1 are burns or not, but when we have looked previously, we
2 certainly find a lot more burns in accident books than you
3 would in these RIDDOR accidents, because a lot more minor
4 burns are caused than serious ones.
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6 Q. But you do not actually produce any statistics from this
7 database, or what?
8 A. That is what this is based on.
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10 Q. So why is there not a category of burns?
11 A. It is not a general sort of information that we would
12 print off.
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14 Q. Are you not interested in burns?
15 A. Yes.
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17 Q. Is it not something that is relevant to have statistics on,
18 and keep an eye on?
19 A. We do occasionally formulate the statistics; it was not
20 in this package.
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22 Q. This was part of the presentation to who, did you say?
23 A. It was the, well, the UK part of the board.
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25 Q. To the UK part of the board?
26 A. Yes.
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28 Q. So who would that include?
29 A. That would be Paul Preston, Andrew Taylor and the other
30 Vice Presidents.
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32 Q. And all the other UK Vice Presidents?
33 A. The ones that are members of the board, the executive
34 ones, yes.
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36 Q. What was the rest of this presentation?
37 A. It was just a summary of the progress we made on safety
38 to the end of 1993.
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40 Q. Do you have similar charts to those on sheet 4 and sheet 5
41 relating to -- 1992 is missed out -- 1990?
42 A. Not 1990, no, and 1992, because part of that was my
43 maternity, there was a hitch with the database. That is
44 why we do not have complete statistics for that year.
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46 Q. So which was the first year you started collecting
47 statistics on accidents?
48 A. As soon as I was appointed in 1990, but we did not have
49 a full year, so the first full year was 1991. The
50 information was incomplete for 1992 and, therefore, 1993
51 was the next full year.
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53 Q. You said that there had been less slips and falls because
54 of the introduction of different floor tiles?
55 A. We think that is one of the reasons, yes.
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57 Q. Were you aware of an accident involving Melanie O'Riordan?
58 A. I know I have seen a witness statement from her, but
59 I cannot remember the specifics of accident.
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