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Old October 9th 07, 05:01 PM posted to uk.transport.london
John B John B is offline
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Default Crossrail noes fail

On 9 Oct, 16:36, Tom Anderson wrote:
Anyone know how the CTRL / St Pancras project is getting on with safety? I
cycle through the StP site every day, and am often struck by the big
notices etc reminding the workmen to stay safe. The latest wheeze is a
sign on the back of everyone's high-vis jacket saying "Am i working
safely? DON'T JUST WALK BY!", which i assume is supposed to encourage your
mates to bring you up short if you're, eg, hammering in nails with a
blasting cap.


I think it's been pretty successful overall, but marred by an incident
in 2005 where a cable-laying train in the Thames tunnel caught fire
and killed two engineers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4171516.stm

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