The problem about power tools is they have to tested by a licenced electrician.
This can mean a significant trip with the tools, the time costs and the
return pickup. I agree it is stupid, but the nanies have them over a barrel,
if something goes wrong it is the employers fault not the user who let trucks
run over the cable or otherwise mistreated the tools.

Nope, 4 sec, 5 pl, B Coy, 1 R.A.R., 173d Brigade, Big Red 1, out of Bien Hoa. 65/66. Airborne! All the Way! Cheers. Closest I got to Nui Dat was Courtney Air field.

Hi (again) JAYB...

Oh well fairly close, same country at least ! 3RAR B Coy 1st Tour 1968/69.

JayB, I can not comment on your particular case involving the "young fellar" and what he did or didn't do. All I'm commenting on is the work place deaths that occur every year in Australia and the need for safety. Something that some on this thread fail to acknowledge. In my lifetime in the workforce I have seen 3 people killed on the job, all were the result of negligence on some persons part and were totally avoidable if rules and regulations had been adhered to. If as you say there is some over regulation, I find that preferable to no regulation what so ever, if... and it does mean there are no if's or but's, lives are saved.
Its one thing to toil at the "coal face" its another thing altogether to have the "coal face" fall in on you.

I am in the usa now and they have Ebola scares all over the media. The cdc are making basic eras in containment. It is like they want it to spread. Some think they are working towards compulsory vaccinations. More money for our elites . Also consider what health debilitating things go into these vaccines.

Harrison: Ludwig is banned from this forum. Just go to the last page of the Rolf Harris thread.

I Cant get into the thread at all. It seems to have disappeared.

Arjay: Some think they are working towards compulsory vaccinations. More money for our elites . Also consider what health debilitating things go into these vaccines.

Conspiracy Theory Arjay or just an anti-vaccination stance by you?

My belief. If you been to a country that has had cases of Ebola then you shouldn't be allowed back into this country until you have been fully cleared or been vaccinated.

In 1975 there was a British TV Series called "Survivors." There were 3 lots 13 episodes each. It was a great TV Series. Just what could happen if people start travelling around & it's not contained. Frightening.