Railway worker is suspended for rescuing disabled woman who fell onto tracks
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[B]A railway worker has been suspended after going on to train tracks in Essex to help a disabled woman who had fallen off the platform edge.
[/B][URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-23974522[/URL]
[quote]"He is one of our members and we will be supporting him. This is absolutely diabolical."[/quote]
Absolutely diabolical, as in the return of the devil himself?
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I'm not just making a dumb joke here, but my message is that you shouldn't use extreme overexaggerations in serious topics, since they lose their power that way.
[QUOTE=Talishmar;42090275]Absolutely diabolical, as in the return of the devil himself?[/QUOTE]
Yes. These are the end of times.
[QUOTE=mark6789;42090293]Yes. These are the end of times.[/QUOTE]
Repent! The end is nigh!
I think the person who suspended him needs to be sacked, that's bullshit.
It's worth pointing out:
[quote]A spokesman for train company c2c said its employee had been suspended while an investigation took place.
He said: "[b]We have strict rules regarding the safety procedure for the quickest way of stopping trains in an emergency.[/b]
"An employee has been suspended while our investigation into this incident continues."[/quote]
Doesn't make it any less silly, but this is (iirc?) in the rules, you don't just go strolling onto the line even if it is to save a life, you call the signalman and declare an emergency / flag the train down, or you'll end up getting two people killed. I still hope he's cleared of gross misconduct and comes back, but it's not a surprise he was suspended pending investigation / the facts
The phrase "no good deed goes unpunished" was invented for this scenario.
[QUOTE=Talishmar;42090275]Absolutely diabolical, as in the return of the devil himself?[/QUOTE]
No, absolutely diabolical, as in completely left handed.
Lefties rejoice!
When safety interferes with rationality.
It's like how my university requires workers to wear orange vests before walking on the roof.
[QUOTE=pentium;42091440]When safety interferes with rationality.
It's like how my university requires workers to wear orange vests before walking on the roof.[/QUOTE]
and how is that a problem?
they wear the vests so onlookers don't get suspicious
[QUOTE=pentium;42091440]When safety interferes with rationality.
It's like how my university requires workers to wear orange vests before walking on the roof.[/QUOTE]
I don't see how it's like that at all
Tall building in the background was my college a year ago :)
[QUOTE=pentium;42091440]When safety interferes with rationality.
It's like how my university requires workers to wear orange vests before walking on the roof.[/QUOTE]
Uhh, no it's like how you make damn sure the guy driving the train knows someone's stuck on the line before anyone else goes down onto the track so no one dies.
[QUOTE=pentium;42091440]When safety interferes with rationality.
It's like how my university requires workers to wear orange vests before walking on the roof.[/QUOTE]
whats wrong with oranges vests
[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;42092369]whats wrong with oranges vests[/QUOTE]
Yeah if you're going crowd-hunting then you should be safe about it
It says they suspended him as they investigate. This means the suspension was not for going on the tracks, but part of the investigation procedure.
If you're suspected of endangering lives, yours or anyone else, it makes sense to remove you from service until they know what's what doesn't it?
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;42093009]It says they suspended him as they investigate. This means the suspension was not for going on the tracks, but part of the investigation procedure.
If you're suspected of endangering lives, yours or anyone else, it makes sense to remove you from service until they know what's what doesn't it?[/QUOTE]
There's this crazy Ausie that hangs out on our TS, and she actually had a very similar experience happen to her about two years ago I think it was. Apparently it's not at all uncommon for workers to get suspended while investigations are ongoing in the world of trains. She also said that most people are told to expect to be involved with being in an incident that results in someone getting killed or seriously injured at some point in their career, and the suspensions are partially in place just so that people don't flip the fuck out under pressure and cause even more accidents.
Sure it may look fishy, and this isn't Australia here, but it would not surprise me in the slightest if this is absolute bog standard procedure put in place purely to protect both the workers and everyone else.
[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;42092369]whats wrong with oranges vests[/QUOTE]
You're standing on a roof. You're replacing an air filter in a chiller. You're 30 feet form the nearest edge.
Workers Compensation requires you to wear a reflective orange vest while you are on the roof (because somehow this prevents you from falling off the roof or some shit), otherwise you can get your asshole ripped apart by WCB for failing to wear appropriate PPE or get fired from your job because the WCB chewed them out.
I'm aware that the train was almost barreling down on the platform but it's not possible that you can follow all safety procedures AND flag the train down in that quarter mile. It's easier to just drag the person off the tracks.
[QUOTE=pentium;42093676]I'm aware that the train was almost barreling down on the platform but it's not possible that you can follow all safety procedures AND flag the train down in that quarter mile. It's easier to just drag the person off the tracks.[/QUOTE]
You must be a nightmare for your parents to insure.
[QUOTE=pentium;42091440]
It's like how my university requires workers to wear orange vests before walking on the roof.[/QUOTE]
how in the arse, is this in any comparison to lifting a person off a train tracks.
"A high visibility jacket, urhghhh that's so dumb and pointless"
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;42093009]It says they suspended him as they investigate. This means the suspension was not for going on the tracks, but part of the investigation procedure.
If you're suspected of endangering lives, yours or anyone else, it makes sense to remove you from service until they know what's what doesn't it?[/QUOTE]
Why would he be suspected of endangering anyone's lives?
He may not have followed procedure but [quote]The nearest train was about a quarter of a mile away when the people were on the tracks. The driver did not have to apply emergency brakes.[/quote]
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