Posted on 02/21/2006 12:59:55 PM PST by Stoat
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By SUN ONLINE REPORTER A TEAM of health and safety officers had to be rescued after their office collapsed during a meeting. Twenty-one officers had been discussing evacuation procedures around a large wooden conference table when the floor beneath them gave way. Workers on the floor below saw the ceiling start to sag and buckle and ran out of the room. Seconds later the floor gave way completely, plunging the health and safety officers, their table, chairs, flip charts, clipboards and paperwork into the office below. Thirteen firemen using ladders and ropes pulled the officers out from the debris. One had broken her ankle and was taken to hospital along with three others who had bumps and bruises. The other 17 were left shocked but uninjured. After the rescue yet more health and safety officers arrived to investigate the cause of the incident. The building, in Hyde, Greater Manchester, is home to schools supply firm Findel Education Ltd. A spokesman said: The affected area has been sealed off but the rest of the building remains operational, in agreement with the health and safety officers." It is not yet known if any of the workers will now take their |
Wow. You just can't make this stuff up.
A number of years ago here in Pittsburgh, the Health Department was having a lunchon at Poli's restuarant when rats fell out of the ceiling.
Did anyone take a look around for John Cleese?
I made a few calls and discovered that he is out supervising a crew who are building a new particle accelerator facility in the attic of a Piccadilly chocolate shop.
Of course they had nothing to do with causing it.
Sound like the White House office of strategic planning after this last few days.
It's the Architect Sketch.
Mr. Wymer: Frankly, I think the central pillar may need strengthening.
Client 2: Is that going to put the cost up?
Mr. Wymer: I'm afraid so.
Client 2: I don't know we need to worry too much about strengthening that. After all, these are not meant to be luxury flats.
Client 1: Absolutely. If we make sure the tenants are of light build and relatively sedentary and if the weather's on our side, I think we have a winner here.
Nearly as ironic as the local fire house burning down.
Also, in "Cycling Tour" (my favourite MPFC episode), there is a scene in a hospital's Casualty Ward where there is a continuous series of accidents.
It isn't that they were trapped, its just that they are all trained to remain in the building until everyone else was evacuated. But when everyone is a safety officer, no one can leave.
Ja, Britischer Arkitekt!
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