Sharon wrote:The media coverage is being discussed here http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10175
This HG thread has had alot of hits from here which led me to see why!
Thanks for that link, makes quite interesting reading!
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Sharon wrote:The media coverage is being discussed here http://www.tvforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10175
This HG thread has had alot of hits from here which led me to see why!
JayKay wrote:i think the issue was whether or not the company should have been issued a fine that would have closed it down or not.
JayKay wrote:In my opinion they were a dodgy company for sure
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19981006/ai_n14195634
The 16 July 2009 publication of the Gill inquiry’s report prompted families of the victims to call on HSE to end “soft touch regulation.” They said HSE had allowed the factory owners to “flout” safety rules for years.
Sixteen years before the deadly blast, in 1988, an HSE inspector had recommended the corroded pipes be dug up to establish the level of decay. He noted that the LPG gas tank in the factory was “the worst I’ve ever seen”.
Nothing was done.
Geoffrey Podger who took up his post as HSE chief executive the year after the disaster, said: “Of course, we in HSE acknowledge any past shortcoming, which are still a matter of great regret to us.” He apologised to the victims and their families for HSE’s part in the “terrible tragedy”, but then tried to claim some credit because an inspector had ordered the pipes to be replaced in 1988. While the inspector did his job, HSE’s systems failed completely.
The HSE chief executive suggested things are better today, commenting: “HSE has already done a great deal since the accident at ICL Plastics.”
In fact, frontline HSE inspector numbers, inspections, enforcement action and convictions all plummeted in the years following the disaster (Hazards 104). Lord Gill’s report rightly recommends the urgent replacement of all metal pipes carrying LPG. But the Stockline deaths also exposed a soft touch safety agency with blood on its hands. HSE requires an urgent upgrade as well.
aland wrote:every time i see stuff about this i get cold sweats, i was offered a job there about 6 weeks before the disaster and one of the girls that got killed had only started working a few weeks previously. by rights it should have been me that was in there but ironically the reason i knocked them back was i didnt like the look of the place, the steps were all very worn and the place suffered from a lack of care
rip those that died
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