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Not sure I'm in the right forum here but .....
Here's a situation I've just been informed of but have no contact with:
I met a friend today who works in a small office - three people at three desks with PCs printers faxes and all that office stuff. There's also a small kitchen and a toilet. It's in the basement of a residential block of flats.
Problem: the two ladies working there have been getting small electric shocks from the water running from the kitchen tap, as well as mild electric shocks when they touch one particular wall in the office. OK, "mild" and "small" are subjective terms, but they're scared. And guess what ..... the owner-boss of the business will not do anything about it. And therefore they're really scared that they'll get the boot if that take the matter into they're own hands. It would also appear that there has been no PAT testing done in at least seven years.
I told my friend that she should call environmental health or some department at the local council for advice immediately, and try not to go to work bit if she does to take lots of precautions.
I've got no direct involvement so don;t feel like I can march in there and kick up a fuss. How would you handle this?
Here's a situation I've just been informed of but have no contact with:
I met a friend today who works in a small office - three people at three desks with PCs printers faxes and all that office stuff. There's also a small kitchen and a toilet. It's in the basement of a residential block of flats.
Problem: the two ladies working there have been getting small electric shocks from the water running from the kitchen tap, as well as mild electric shocks when they touch one particular wall in the office. OK, "mild" and "small" are subjective terms, but they're scared. And guess what ..... the owner-boss of the business will not do anything about it. And therefore they're really scared that they'll get the boot if that take the matter into they're own hands. It would also appear that there has been no PAT testing done in at least seven years.
I told my friend that she should call environmental health or some department at the local council for advice immediately, and try not to go to work bit if she does to take lots of precautions.
I've got no direct involvement so don;t feel like I can march in there and kick up a fuss. How would you handle this?
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