Thread: One for the fridgies

Many moons ago, worked at a place as the Maintenance Manager. Both the cool room and freezer had safety’s that had been bypassed as it was easier and cheaper to do that rather than fix them. Manager didn’t realasie until I let him know. Easy fix but it makes you wonder how many places would have defective latches, alarms, safety’s...

Originally Posted by scarry

They wouldn't come back and do it,so we did it do and charge

Ya gotta love that Paul.
Years ago I worked for a fabrication/engineering company. We scored a minor part in a multi-million dollar upgrade to a major manufacturing/processing facility, the only Australian company on site. 99.9% of the fabrications were done in various Asian countries. One pipe rack cost over $1,000,000 to transport from the wharf to site. It was galvanised, but the rust could be seen under the gal and it wasn't dimensionally to spec. As the engineers on site, we got all the extras and mods, made a mint.
The imported rubbish wasn't so cheap after all.

Originally Posted by scarry

Sure,but once you fall over,you can't reach it anyway.

I think a mechanical bell is mandatory.

An electric entrapment alarm is good as well,and called for in some but not all specs.

Very true.

I had to replace a bell in a Coles Coolroom last week.
Again, not much use if you've fallen over and can't get up/are unconscious.

Originally Posted by rick130

Very true.

I had to replace a bell in a Coles Coolroom last week.
Again, not much use if you've fallen over and can't get up/are unconscious.

If one is unconscious then even the "neck" alarm isn't going to work either so the one with a "flat on the floor" sensor as Paul mentioned,seems to be the most practical & reliable.

The SA Gov is subsidising a similar one (up to $380 + a couple of hundred for installation). for Seniors for use at home. 300m MAX talking range. Apparently works through the landline phone.

SA.GOV.AU - Personal alert systems

If you go tits up it knows that, & a voice asks you questions & sort of checks you out ( to see if you are good looking )

Asks if you need help & calls the relevant aid agency etc. I think there is a GPS in there somewhere

If they don't get a reply they send the aid anyway.

A bit late now for Mrs Summer but you'd expect SAPOL to have invested in something like that or at the very least have 2 people on site rather than the one solitary one.
The cops on Patrol Duties seem to be taken well care of with clothing, arms, radios & misc accoutrements & all that **** hanging off their belt but the tight arses in Admin couldn't be bothered.

SAPOL academy doesn't seem to exist at Fort Largs anymore & I believe the site was up for sale a while back.
Seems if you want to be copper you now get taught by TAFE ffs. A plastic copper?

Echunga Reserve has been in existence for many many years & as far as I can gather now, is a Training Reserve for STAR Force & the Police Greys agistment & the Mounted Cadre. No doubt a few firearms are tested there as well as Adventure & Leadership courses.

With all that Budget you would think the safety of a lady Cook & Cleaner would have been taken care of?

Ok next question. Oooohhh Noooo!. SAPOL pay the monetary penalty that is handed down but I note all or most of it goes to SAFEWORK SA another Govt. entity. So is it the same Govt. money, but just going around & around on paper? Taxpayers cop it yet again? Shirley the family are due some compensation?

OOPS, Sorry, that's 4 questions.

Right, gotta say it "Sorry what was the question?"

I think a mechanical bell is mandatory.

As it apparently used to be back in the days of yore.


When someone was buried in a grave a cord was tied to a big toe, hand or other appendage & taken to the surface whereupon a small bell was fixed, so if the stiff wasn't really due to be a stiff the movement would ring the bell & someone would dig them up again.

"Saved by the bell" is apparently where that saying came from, or not. I just know you were dying to read this snippet.

There is a widespread notion that 'saved by the bell' originated as an expression that relates to people being buried alive. The idea was that, if someone were comatose and mistakenly pronounced dead and interred, they could, if they later revived, ring a bell that was attached to the coffin and be saved.

'Saved by the bell' - the meaning and origin of this phrase


'Saved by the bell' - the meaning and origin of this phrase

SA Police fined $390,000 over death of cook Debra Summers in freezer - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

No deterrent, just paper shuffling.

Thanks 58i, re my last, Safework SA will probably on paper, get that. No Penalties as such, therefore no "learning the hard way", no arses kicked, no bollocks squeezed hard. It may well have been 20Million for all the good it will do her.


If the cop hierarchy & bean counters had it taken out of their fat salaries they might have learnt something.

"Ok chaps on with catching crooks, or not, put that woman behind us it's now SAPOL history".

"Now about those new Patrol cars, it's a pity we can't afford them now. Oh hang on a tick, what is the Treasurer's phone no. He owes me one"

Cynical & suspicious? Moi?

Would be interesting to know what the cop Rank & File actually thought about this. But they'd be gagged, right?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

SA Police fined $390,000 over death of cook Debra Summers in freezer - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

No deterrent, just paper shuffling.

So they have 'Banned all walk in freezers from their sites'?

Seems a bit ridiculous,and a knee jerk reaction,at the least.

Maybe also ban all their police bikes before an officer falls off one.......FFS