On Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:49:25 GMT, JohnP wrote:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-49797830

I recall that where I worked, we were told by management to "never walk
past a problem". This stuck.
I recall a lift at a local store that has a paper message saying that the
emergency phone was not working and giving a mobile phone number for people
to report a proble. It was difficult to get through to the manager that
this was unacceptable.

It needs to be in writing and with a confirmation the same, that way
they realise they are on the spot where responsibility is concerned.

I was doing a manual backup of our servers at work one night and the
Accountant was holding up the process with some key files open. I
asked him if he could just save his work and logout for 5 mins but he
protested. I typed up a note, absolving myself of any negative outcome
of not being able to complete a backup and handed it to him to sign.

When he asked what it was, I explained that I wasn't going to take
responsibility to a potentially dangerous situation for *not* backing
up *company* information on behalf of the *company*and so doing so was
obstructing me from doing my duty. He huffed a bit, saved his work,
logged out and went a got a coffee. ;-)

I guess many of us see potentially unsafe things - it is often hard to get
something done about it though.

See above.

I note that all the posts that could / do carry any high voltages
(even a mains light) by the railway bridge we cross regularly have
very big and very large earth ties bolted to them (and they all seem
to be singles, no 'daisy chaining').

When doing some electrical work here recently I needed to work on a
junction box live to trace what was what. Because we had the dog with
us (who likes to be with me whatever I'm doing) I made a point of
popping the cover back on whenever I wasn't actually measuring stuff.

Cheers, T i m