Posted by Tina
Unworkable regulations and tangled bureaucracies are a universal problem; they can even be deadly. A woman in Scotland lost her chances for survival when safety regulations prevented firefighters from taking reasonable risks to rescue her:
“Firefighters have been ordered to use ”common sense” during emergencies after health and safety rules prevented them rescuing a mother who lay dying in a mine shaft for six hours. Fire services will be told to follow new ”non-bureaucratic” guidelines and take a ”sensible” approach to hazardous incidents under a new policy unveiled by the Health and Safety Executive. HSE chiefs said the guidelines aimed to ensure firefighters could do their jobs properly without employers flouting safety legislation.” – The Scotsman (Edinburgh)