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>>In  recent years when BW have been doing winter maintenance at Bosley  locks
>>they have erected safety netting between the towpath edge and  empty canal
>>pounds. What H & S person thought that an empty canal  is more dangerous than
>>a full  one?
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>>Phil
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>The same one that requires staff  cleaning the sani block at Gayton Junc to 
>wear life jackets  ??
>Sue nb Nackered Navvy 
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>And probably the same one that changed the requirements following the death  
>of a volunteer when working by the side of the canal on the Cotswolds Canals. 
>It  caused the work on that canal to be suspended until working practices, 
>etc, had  been re-examined and procedures put in place to prevent a 
>re-occurrence.
> 
>DaveD

I believe it was a heart attack rather than an accident.
Difficult to legislate for.
Sue nb Nackered Navvy 

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