Health & Safety Jobsworth

[Saleen836]

As title, as is the norm on construction sites if you use a generator it has to sit in a drip tray as obviously the odd drip of oil/petrol is far worse for the enviroment than what ever drips/leaks from the plant machinery on sites

To make life easy for myself I carry a wheelbarrow in my van, as it is easier to put the generator in and push it to whatever plot I am working in and also acts as a perfect drip tray. Apparently not according to the H&S jobsworth I encountered today, he was adamant my generator needs to be removed from the wheelbarrow and placed on a drip tray, of course when I questioned him on this and asked him to explain his reasoning as to why a wheel barrow isn't acceptable as a drip tray, he just mumbled under his breath and walked off

[Saleen836]

I didn't argue with the chap I just asked him to explain his reasoning which he couldn't/wouldn't, the wheel barrow is plastic and does not have any holes in it.
As far as I'm aware the specification is 'to use a drip tray' no specifics given on if it should be on the ground or on a frame (i.e a wheel barrow), never been picked up on it by any other H&S person on any other sites I work on.
Only H&S person I entered into a heated discussion with on site is when they insisted my generator needs to be PAT tested