Got my Courer mag today and in it was the normal crap and also "your wellbeing guide" which is about summer health.
It says reduce your risk of developing skin cancer by trying to avoid being out in direct sunlight at the hottest times of the day - between 11am and 3pm. So i guess we should go back to 5am starts then!!!!
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Summer Health In Courier
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bedfordrl
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I was given this by one of our chaps today,we live away from the office so we get our Pravda/Courier later, and i went to see the DOM and shoved it under his nose.
Blah Blah Blah...wear plenty of lotion,Blah Blah..sun hat,Blah Blah..fluids.
I told him that i had heat stroke in the long ago past and it is not nice and is an effect of the heat and no suntan lotion will help!!.
He asked what i would suggest and i said go back to 5 a.m. starts and let us out at 7.am again,he told me the company could not afford that and went on about mail volumes dropping ,Balls!! was my rude reply and he threw a wobbly
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Another happy,hot day in the office
Blah Blah Blah...wear plenty of lotion,Blah Blah..sun hat,Blah Blah..fluids.
I told him that i had heat stroke in the long ago past and it is not nice and is an effect of the heat and no suntan lotion will help!!.
He asked what i would suggest and i said go back to 5 a.m. starts and let us out at 7.am again,he told me the company could not afford that and went on about mail volumes dropping ,Balls!! was my rude reply and he threw a wobbly
.Another happy,hot day in the office
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randolf
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Re: Summer Health In Courier
Comment deleted - warning will be issued next time.bedfordrl wrote:I was given this by one of our chaps today,we live away from the office so we get our Pravda/Courier later, and i went to see the DOM and shoved it under his nose.
Blah Blah Blah...wear plenty of lotion,Blah Blah..sun hat,Blah Blah..fluids.
I told him that i had heat stroke in the long ago past and it is not nice and is an effect of the heat and no suntan lotion will help!!.
He asked what i would suggest and i said go back to 5 a.m. starts and let us out at 7.am again,he told me the company could not afford that and went on about mail volumes dropping ,Balls!! was my rude reply and he threw a wobbly
Another happy,hot day in the office
Check the rules again please randolf
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bedfordrl
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Pardon?.
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itllnottouchyou
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we should all get together and wear just thon stupid hi vis vest without a polo shirt below them to see the look on their faces!!!! 
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woofwoof
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do i keep my thong onitllnottouchyou wrote:we should all get together and wear just thon stupid hi vis vest without a polo shirt below them to see the look on their faces!!!!
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itllnottouchyou
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get it lets all do a nationwide commando day!!!!!woofwoof wrote:do i keep my thong onitllnottouchyou wrote:we should all get together and wear just thon stupid hi vis vest without a polo shirt below them to see the look on their faces!!!!
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shelanda
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On the other side it says 'avoid excessive physical activity during the hottest part of the day' They really are taking the michael, the way I read it we should not be walking in the sun during the hours of 11am and 3pm. 
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bedfordrl
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That was what i was pointing out to the DOM, back when we were out at 7.00 am we would have been back in the shade by 11.00am,so much for progress .
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morleyposty
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it was 30 degrees when i completed my round today
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mclovin
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Email sent to HSE today.
Hi, I am a postman for Royal Mail, working through the hottest part of the day, starting outdoor work at 10am and not completing delivery until 2pm. Some of my colleagues dont finish until after 3pm having work over 4 hours in the burning sun. We were given a summer health leaflet that told us not to be out in the sun between 11am and 3pm and to avoid excessive physical activity during the hottest part of the day. Having spoke to my manager about this he just laughed it off. We should be starting earlier during the summer so we begin our outdoor duties at 7am and are finished by 11am. However we are told the company can not afford this. How can Royal Mail not be held accountable for this?? What is it going to take for them to listen? A fatality? Is there not something HSE can do about this?
Hi, I am a postman for Royal Mail, working through the hottest part of the day, starting outdoor work at 10am and not completing delivery until 2pm. Some of my colleagues dont finish until after 3pm having work over 4 hours in the burning sun. We were given a summer health leaflet that told us not to be out in the sun between 11am and 3pm and to avoid excessive physical activity during the hottest part of the day. Having spoke to my manager about this he just laughed it off. We should be starting earlier during the summer so we begin our outdoor duties at 7am and are finished by 11am. However we are told the company can not afford this. How can Royal Mail not be held accountable for this?? What is it going to take for them to listen? A fatality? Is there not something HSE can do about this?
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wally7
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I think is may be a new Royil mail policy staff of with heat stroke (first stage warning or the sack) or latter one skin cancer of work for treatment (first stage warning or the sack) or the fact that it kills us less staff ot make redundant or pay out its pension too.
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Gene Hunt
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mclovin wrote:Email sent to HSE today.
Hi, I am a postman for Royal Mail, working through the hottest part of the day, starting outdoor work at 10am and not completing delivery until 2pm. Some of my colleagues dont finish until after 3pm having work over 4 hours in the burning sun. We were given a summer health leaflet that told us not to be out in the sun between 11am and 3pm and to avoid excessive physical activity during the hottest part of the day. Having spoke to my manager about this he just laughed it off. We should be starting earlier during the summer so we begin our outdoor duties at 7am and are finished by 11am. However we are told the company can not afford this. How can Royal Mail not be held accountable for this?? What is it going to take for them to listen? A fatality? Is there not something HSE can do about this?
You are spot on with what you have written..I too spoke to my line manager regarding Sun tan lotion..He said RM didn't have the money to pay fot it...Now. Did you know that 250,000 people each year get skin cancer !!!! Yet RM want us to wear Them bloody helmets when its 30 degs in the midday sun...
HEALTH AND SAFTEY MY ARSE
