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Dec. 19th, 2012 04:06 pmActual email sent out by our Occy Health Department this afternoon:
"The Safety and Environment Team Christmas Message
Safety and environment colleagues will be having a traditional yet safe Christmas. Christmas Eve sees the annual OSHEU Carol Singing event, which due to control of noise at work regulations will now be a Carol Whispering Event, and glowsticks will be replacing the usual candles due to the inherent fire risk. Presents will be small and light enough not to cause a manual handling injury, and will be placed under a well positioned and supported sustainably grown tree, decorated with recently tested low voltage LED lights.
Lunch for many of us will be a sustainable bred turkey, thoroughly thawed and roasted prior to Christmas. Sprouts will be cooked for the statutory three days prior to Christmas Day and consumed in accordance with accepted recommended daily allowances, (5 for adults, 3 for children, none for dogs). We've made crackers in true blue peter style, which rather than bang will rip disappointingly; each one containing a nut-free chocolate which is large enough not to cause a choking hazard. To avoid risks of muscle fatigue from excess laughing, we've replaced jokes with (Santa) Clauses from our raft of legislation.
Brandy will be used to ignite the Christmas pudding, but only on completion of an appropriate hot works permit issued by estates and with a fire extinguisher available should things get out of hand. Who knows, we may even break out the non-alcoholic egg nog after lunch, and in accordance with the working time directive we will then be insisting on a little snooze. After Eights will be eaten only after 8pm. Our fires will be smokeless.
Following Christmas we will be carrying out a post-Christmas review, together with an audit of compliance with BS XMA 52012, the accepted international standard for the management of Christmas and Similar Festivities. We will report findings to the local festivities committee. Any specific learning outcomes from the Christmas event will be forwarded to the New Year Festivities organising committee in good time for their implementation.
With thanks to all the DSOs and ECOs for their help and support this year, and looking forward to working together in 2013
Best wishes from the OSHEU Safety and Environment team."
Heeeee! It's good that they have a sense of humour about all that red tape...
In Other News, LJ emailed me earlier to say that I’d had my paid account extended as compensation for log-in problems today, which is cool and all except that they sent that email before I’d experienced any log-in problems. Prescient, foreplanning, or just plain timey-wimey?
"The Safety and Environment Team Christmas Message
Safety and environment colleagues will be having a traditional yet safe Christmas. Christmas Eve sees the annual OSHEU Carol Singing event, which due to control of noise at work regulations will now be a Carol Whispering Event, and glowsticks will be replacing the usual candles due to the inherent fire risk. Presents will be small and light enough not to cause a manual handling injury, and will be placed under a well positioned and supported sustainably grown tree, decorated with recently tested low voltage LED lights.
Lunch for many of us will be a sustainable bred turkey, thoroughly thawed and roasted prior to Christmas. Sprouts will be cooked for the statutory three days prior to Christmas Day and consumed in accordance with accepted recommended daily allowances, (5 for adults, 3 for children, none for dogs). We've made crackers in true blue peter style, which rather than bang will rip disappointingly; each one containing a nut-free chocolate which is large enough not to cause a choking hazard. To avoid risks of muscle fatigue from excess laughing, we've replaced jokes with (Santa) Clauses from our raft of legislation.
Brandy will be used to ignite the Christmas pudding, but only on completion of an appropriate hot works permit issued by estates and with a fire extinguisher available should things get out of hand. Who knows, we may even break out the non-alcoholic egg nog after lunch, and in accordance with the working time directive we will then be insisting on a little snooze. After Eights will be eaten only after 8pm. Our fires will be smokeless.
Following Christmas we will be carrying out a post-Christmas review, together with an audit of compliance with BS XMA 52012, the accepted international standard for the management of Christmas and Similar Festivities. We will report findings to the local festivities committee. Any specific learning outcomes from the Christmas event will be forwarded to the New Year Festivities organising committee in good time for their implementation.
With thanks to all the DSOs and ECOs for their help and support this year, and looking forward to working together in 2013
Best wishes from the OSHEU Safety and Environment team."
Heeeee! It's good that they have a sense of humour about all that red tape...
In Other News, LJ emailed me earlier to say that I’d had my paid account extended as compensation for log-in problems today, which is cool and all except that they sent that email before I’d experienced any log-in problems. Prescient, foreplanning, or just plain timey-wimey?
