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[78bex]

accident @ work....... well outside the front of house to be honest.
A gang of blokes are ripping out the old orange street lamps & replacing with new.   
Got back from running some errands & swmbo has a nice young man sitting in the kitchen with his boots off & one foot up on a stool. A lump of concrete fell out the bucket of a digger onto his foot. This guy is in real agony with the top of his foot going purple & his doppy boss is saying "don`t call 999" . No. we`ll get him sorted. swmbo did some nursing years ago & feels sure his foot is broken. The poor bloke is almost crying in pain. So I tell the gaffer again to dial 999........" nope we`ll sort him" & they cart him off. Why not call for an ambulance? I don`t get it.
 

[horsecow]

They don't wan't the accident to happen at work and thus spoil they're record as they will then have a multitude of paperwork to fill in and reports to make not to mention possibly have whatever they are working on shut down until it is investigated etc. They will prob take the poor fella to casualty and he will report that it happened while he was working on something at home. SOunds like quite a dodgy firm if you ask me!!

[Vamps]

They don't wan't the accident to happen at work and thus spoil they're record as they will then have a multitude of paperwork to fill in and reports to make not to mention possibly have whatever they are working on shut down until it is investigated etc. They will prob take the poor fella to casualty and he will report that it happened while he was working on something at home. SOunds like quite a dodgy firm if you ask me!!

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[cleggy]

They don't wan't the accident to happen at work and thus spoil they're record as they will then have a multitude of paperwork to fill in and reports to make not to mention possibly have whatever they are working on shut down until it is investigated etc. They will prob take the poor fella to casualty and he will report that it happened while he was working on something at home. SOunds like quite a dodgy firm if you ask me!!

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+2  plus they don't want a claim against them, no insurance

[omega3000]

Injured bloke should insist that its reported , at least he has you 2 as witnesses now 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Maybe it was just a case of the boss didn't feel that it was enough of an emergency to warrant calling 999?    After all if they could get him into your kitchen then they could get him into a car and take him to A&E themselves. 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Maybe it was just a case of the boss didn't feel that it was enough of an emergency to warrant calling 999?    After all if they could get him into your kitchen then they could get him into a car and take him to A&E themselves. 

But it is the firms legal responsibility to report the accident to the Health & Safety at Work Executive, so I agree the gang's foreman is trying hard to protect his back.  I would be tempted to pick up the phone and report the accident myself and let the council know of the incident as they are also responsible for their contractors carrying out such work.  That will stir it!  

[ronnyd]

Well said Lizzie, the least that the guy has to do is get it in the firms accident book.
Just to cover his a--s. well, his foot ,anyway

[the alarming man]

If it is a broken bone it Is a reportable incident..I think??

[Sir Tigger KC]

Maybe the boss did report the accident, we don't know whether he did or not.    A lot of assuming going on here.....

Personally I wouldn't think a hurt foot is an emergency 999 situation, when there are people who could take the bloke to A&E in a car. 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Maybe the boss did report the accident, we don't know whether he did or not.  A lot of assuming going on here.....

Personally I wouldn't think a hurt foot is an emergency 999 situation, when there are people who could take the bloke to A&E in a car. 

Don't think it is assumption Tigger. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to recognise that the foreman didn't want it treated as a 999 incident as straight away it becomes an official accident with all the ramifications of the HSE becoming involved.  Anyone who has been a manager in business like me knows exactly what that means, with a very real danger of personal prosecution, fines and in the extreme case, a prison sentence.  At the very least it involves loads of paperwork and civil legal action from the injured party and insurance company 'hassle'.  That is what this guy was trying to avoid!

[scimmy_man]

Lad on a building site fell off an old rotten ladder, before the ambulance arrived it was chopped up burned and a new one in place,

if HSE turn up basically they may as well all go home, as no work is being done for a day or so.

[Elite Pete]

Surely it's an assumption until you know the cold hard facts from the people involved, not word of mouth

[STMO123]

If it had happened in Liverpool, I would be able to tell you the reason: The whole gang would have been on the dole and had to say it happened while they were 'looking for work'.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Surely it's an assumption until you know the cold hard facts from the people involved, not word of mouth

The OP was fully involved with the injured party in their house and the foreman stating "no 999" in front of them.  I have no reason to doubt the OP's account of what happened as he was involved.