On Monday, 19 January 2015 05:35:12 UTC, Nightjar wrote:
On 19/01/2015 00:51, Weatherlawyer wrote:
I was working at the UK's celebrated Stafforshire Hospital complex recently when I realised that one of the overseers at the MTX plant was suffering from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.

The office he uses is immediately above the diesel powered generator and when you enter the office to sign in or out etc., you are immediately aware that the fuel isn't burning correctly.

Well I fell out with the gentleman concerned and the inevitable happened. A few minutes ago I came across an article on HVAC that said that Carbon Monoxide can alter your perception of time (which goes some way to explain a lot of his behaviour) the thing is that I don't see him getting the generator fixed. The job is coming to an end and I doubt it will be repaired when the machine oiis moved for use elsewhere.

Going by the shabby state of things being run by someone in that state of health, the toilet facilities for example (I would have thought an hospital wouldn't allow things like that but of course these days with third and fourth party controls it is difficult for health and safety departments to keep up to speed (It probably explains why increasing legislation is so necessary, too.))

"The primary health concerns associated with carbon monoxide exposure are its cardiovascular and neurobehavioral effects. Carbon monoxide can cause atherosclerosis (the hardening of arteries) and can also trigger heart attacks. Neurologically, carbon monoxide exposure reduces hand to eye coordination, vigilance, and continuous performance. It can also affect time discrimination."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVAC

This sounds like I am trying to get even with the man I fell out with but really I am past that stage of upset. I don't wish to ruin his future with the company. They do state on their website that they will retrain people who need it.

Something nasty is going to happen with the way he is allowed to run things if he gets sited near the exhaust of that thing on his next job. Honestly, if I had taken a picture of the way they handled some really delicateand expensive hospital equipment and linked it here ...you wouldn't believe it. You wouldn't be able to.

So what does one do?..

Call the Health and Safety Executive. That is what they are there for,
they have the teeth to ensure that something gets done and they won't
say where the report comes from. If you don't know where the local
office is, read one of the statutory notices in the hospital, which
should have contact details.

That sounds ****ty. I think I will just go there and tell the man himself. Stafforshire Hospitals are famously badly run and their health and safety was designed by Harold Shipman to get away with killing as many people as possible.

How come you don't know that?