Chinese girl using mobile disappears into sink hole

[turbobloke]

Unusual vid clip here:

http://www.itn.co.uk/world/43854/Chinese+girl+fall...

Don't worry she's OK apparently.

[nelly1]

[turbobloke]

Not even three Weetabix would have prevented that.

Just think...a few metres to one side and.....the CCTV would have missed it.

[motco]

They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.

[colonel c]

I hope the authorities will be looking into it.

[Eric Mc]

Where's H & S when you need it.

Lack of Health and Safety gone mad.

[turbobloke]

motco said:

They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.

Risible - but it's so close to the truth.

However the fire brigade might have been mere spectators if they hadn't updated their hole training recently.

[Odie]

someone add 'its a trap' to the gif :P

[Digga]

turbobloke said:

the fire brigade might have been mere spectators if they hadn't updated their hole training recently.

Or if they'd got their round hole training but not square hole.

[Pvapour]

colonel c said:

I hope the authorities will be looking into it.

agreed, someone could be in a hole lot of trouble

[y2blade]

"FRAKING" hell!.....according to the daily wail I'm sure

glad she's ok

[Hugo a Gogo]

nelly1 said:

how come that's a GIF labelled as .jpg?

[colonel c]

Digga said:

turbobloke said:

the fire brigade might have been mere spectators if they hadn't updated their hole training recently.

Or if they'd got their round hole training but not square hole.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQinVrN883o

[muffinmenace]

Hugo a Gogo said:

how come that's a GIF labelled as .jpg?

I thought the same!

[tvrolet]

motco said:

They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.

Sadly it's true. This was a big news story north of the border - Daily Mail link came up first when searching - sorry
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062590/Al...

All the Scottish media were carrying this story at the time and the resulting court case - don't know if it was newsworthy anywhere else...

[turbobloke]

tvrolet said:

motco said:

They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.

Sadly it's true. This was a big news story north of the border - Daily Mail link came up first when searching - sorry
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062590/Al...

All the Scottish media were carrying this story at the time and the resulting court case - don't know if it was newsworthy anywhere else...

Mrs Hume was still conscious but had a collapsed lung, several broken ribs and a broken sternum.

"While the rescue operation was in progress, group commander Paul Stewart arrived as a media relations officer. He assumed command after realising he was the most senior officer there. His first move was to stop a paramedic who was already strapped in a harness from being lowered. And he refused to allow colleagues to rescue her using ropes because they had not received the correct training. Mr Stewart feared they could be sued if the mission failed. Incredibly, he told a fatal accident inquiry that the operation had a ‘successful outcome’ because the casualty was ultimately removed from the shaft."








"I found their evidence bullish, if not arrogant, in their determination to justify the subservience of the need to carry out a rescue to the need to fulfil to the letter…brigade policy"
Sheriff Desmond Leslie

[motco]

tvrolet said:

motco said:

They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.

Sadly it's true. This was a big news story north of the border - Daily Mail link came up first when searching - sorry
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2062590/Al...

All the Scottish media were carrying this story at the time and the resulting court case - don't know if it was newsworthy anywhere else...

That is criminal negligence by any sane standards. Shameful behaviour.

[AJS-]

turbobloke said:

motco said:

They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.

Risible - but it's so close to the truth.

However the fire brigade might have been mere spectators if they hadn't updated their hole training recently.

Whilst that might be true, one aspect of Health and Safety laws I do like is the one that says there has to be something underneath a pavement in the first place.

[turbobloke]

AJS- said:

turbobloke said:

motco said:

They fished her out by putting a ladder down the hole. In Europe it would have necessitated closing the whole street, calling out four fire appliances, twenty police cars, the Health and Safety Executive of the local council, and the air ambulance. She could have died of hunger before she would have been rescued.

Risible - but it's so close to the truth.

However the fire brigade might have been mere spectators if they hadn't updated their hole training recently.

Whilst that might be true, one aspect of Health and Safety laws I do like is the one that says there has to be something underneath a pavement in the first place.

Unfortunately those H&S regs can't ensure that something stays there...

[Digga]

colonel c said:

Digga said:

turbobloke said:

the fire brigade might have been mere spectators if they hadn't updated their hole training recently.

Or if they'd got their round hole training but not square hole.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQinVrN883o