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Bike in office H&S risk?

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  • December 14, 2015 at 12:23 pm #25160
    BrokenBootneck

    Today I forgot my swipe card for the bike storage locker, my lock was also in there and I couldn’t gain access, I instead brought my bike in the office. I stored it in the corner out of the way and not in the way of any fire escapes or routes, it is completely out of the way.

     

    I have now been told it’s a health and safety risk!

     

    Can anyone confirm this or had any similar issues?

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  • December 14, 2015 at 3:35 pm #863895
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    giff77

    A number of years back I had

    A number of years back I had forgotten the key to my lock. I got permission from one manager to place the bike in an alcove. The h&s officer pulled me up at the end of my shift. On challenging him he said it was a hazard in the event of an evacuation. I muttered it was only a hazard if you leap into the alcove whilst evacuating the building got called a smart arse for my trouble. The same guy chucked my gear which was drying on a towel rail into a bin bag informing me it was a fire risk. I had to remind him that ignition, oxygen and fuel are needed in the eventuality and pointed out that my kit was wringing wet and standing there with a ciggie lighter wasn’t going to ignite it. Also had to highlight that the heat source was rails and there were no vents to block which could cause an electric fire. Got called a f*****g smart arse this time round. 

    December 14, 2015 at 2:45 pm #863893
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    LarryDavidJr
    Wesselwookie wrote:
    Our Office has the same policy. No bikes in the Office, not even folding ones (unless they’re in bags). Its not Health and Safety. They just don’t want shit all over the carpets.

    Do you all wear slippers at work then? 😉

    December 14, 2015 at 2:44 pm #863891
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    LarryDavidJr
    BrokenBootneck wrote:
    Just to muddy the waters in my old office, bigger with more people same building, My manager encouraged it, she doesn’t even own a bike! I find it all quite interesting as i’ve just been volunteered to be the H&S rep next year!

    Do it!  Then make it clear bikes aren’t necesarily a h&s risk.

    All aside, if someone said that to me, I’d be asking them ‘why?’, and they then have to give you a reason as to why its any more of a risk than, say the photocopier, or indeed, the fire extinguishers which are probably in a similar position.

    Because I’m fairly sure the response will just be “b…. errr  … ’cause …. errrrmmm … it’s health and safety … isn’t it” because they just thought they’d say that without actually knowing what they’re talking about.

    December 14, 2015 at 2:23 pm #863889
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    BrokenBootneck

    Just to muddy the waters in

    Just to muddy the waters in my old office, bigger with more people same building, My manager encouraged it, she doesn’t even own a bike! I find it all quite interesting as i’ve just been volunteered to be the H&S rep next year!

    December 14, 2015 at 2:21 pm #863887
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    BBRAP

    Take the day off and go for a

    Take the day off and go for a bike ride.

    December 14, 2015 at 2:17 pm #863885
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    Wookie

    Our Office has the same

    Our Office has the same policy. No bikes in the Office, not even folding ones (unless they’re in bags). Its not Health and Safety. They just don’t want shit all over the carpets.

    December 14, 2015 at 2:14 pm #863883
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    bobbinogs
    pruaga wrote:
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    Ignore them today, remember your pass tomorrow, and forget all about it.

    Wot he said.

    December 14, 2015 at 1:54 pm #863881
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    pruaga

    Sounds like someone doesn’t

    Sounds like someone doesn’t want your bike in the office, but doesn’t want to say so.  ‘Health and Safety’ is a catch all excuse to avoid saying something to you.

     

    Almost all of the time when people say something is forbidden because of ‘health and safety’ it is because they don’t want to do it and just use that as a made up excuse.  The HSE very rarely intervenes and there are very few rules banning the kind of things Jobsworths pin on HSE.

     

    Ignore them today, remember your pass tomorrow, and forget all about it.

    December 14, 2015 at 1:19 pm #863879
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    Ronald

    I’d say it is no more risk

    I’d say it is no more risk than a chair, but bikes won’t be part of any made up Risk Assessment.

    Claim culture made people with responsibility take ludicrous caution, as they’d be fined if some idiot trips over the bike and scratches his/her pinky finger.

     

    Sorry this isn’t what you’d like to hear, and I do consider it absolutely ludicrous… just explaining a possible reason.

     

     

    December 14, 2015 at 12:25 pm #863877
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    BrokenBootneck

    cheers in advance

    cheers in advance

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