I wonder if anyone has any advice on the following:
A member of the IEE who used to work for the Eastern Electricity Board as
a senior engineer has recently given us his papers. They cover his whole
career from when he joined in the late 1960s to when he left when it was
privatised. We hope it will attract use - you can track the whole culture
change of a national utility and how it treated its staff as well as
various detailed technical matters.
Unfortuantely one of his roles was to act as an expert adviser on
accidents involving Eastern Electric's overhead lines and sub-stations.
There's a file of 'incident reports' which dates from the 1970s/early
1980s, and while it does not contain graphic photographs, it does contain
one or two text reports that make unpleasant reading. So far I've only
found one case concerning a fatality but there are others covering
serious injuries. What concerns me is that these reports contain specific
names and places, and often some pretty damning conclusions about public
stupidity that caused the accident. I feel that some sort of closure
period should be applied - perhaps 30 years.
Any advice greatly received.
Thanks as always,
Tim
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