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Old 02-07-2009, 01:36 PM
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I noticed with interest the name of one of the contractors. Twenty years ago I was working in nw WA in a steel-supply business. One day I received a call from this contractor, who did not normally buy from us, wanting all the 100x5 or 100x6 flat plate we had, plus wanting tonnes more brought up ASAP.

When I delivered the steel that afternoon I was assisted by the site manager as there were no workers around. It turned out that they had not installed kick-plates on the raised walkways as they should and this had caused an accident which nearly killed a worker. All the rest of the workers were on strike and the manager was trying to make things look better before Workcover (or whatever the equivalent is in WA) arrived.
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