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From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Frank Oakes

To: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]

Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:20 PM

Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Boots

How many times did we do our placements in theatre and have to wear what we could find.  Fortunately as the 'student' we got to clean them every weekend so managed to acquire a good pair.  Providing proper sanitisation takes place there should not be a problem or employees could be provided with disposable over socks.  Personally I would not like to share.

 

Regards

 

Frank

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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jay Chapman
Sent: 30 November 2006 05:13
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Boots

I practise in a food production environment.

 

A new manager in one of our factories has said that "it is accepted and current practice for two people to share one pair of Wellington boots in the food industry".

 

I find this disgusting, unbelievable and unacceptable.

 

The problem is that we employ a large number of agency workers.  Regular staff store their boots on racks with their names attached.  There is however no-where for the agency workers to store their boots except on the floor in something of a jumble, they tend to grab any boots from the racks that they fancy and it is deemed uneconomic to supply each new person with a new pair of boots. 

 

This I accept. However I cannot accept that regular staff should allow their footwear to be shared for a variety of reasons.  Apart from the matter of cross infection - athletes foot, verucas, scabies, etc., I always understood that personal protective equipment had to be specific to the person for whom it was issued.  My contention is that you cannot adjust a regulation to suit circumstances. 

 

I have suggested a special spray be used to disinfect the 'agency boots' and that the company will just have to go to the trouble of devising a system whereby the staff boots remain secure and the agency workers are issued individually with boots just as they are issued with overalls on a daily basis as they arrive.

 

My name is mud but that's a mere detail and far from unusual.

 

I should be interested to learn the opinion of anyone with similar experience or who has thoughts on the subject.

 

Jay

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