Monday, 21 July 2014

Errrr, No. It’s Not At All ‘Unforseeable’…

Richard Taylor, senior coroner for East Lancashire, recorded a conclusion of death by misadventure. He said: “This is a completely unforeseeable set of circumstances that have arisen here. ”
What? It’s not like it hasn’t happened many times before, is it?
“Companies should give proper guidance as to how these chemicals should be stored and named.”
They do. Do you think these sorts of people bothered to read it?
“In this case, it appears that the person who decanted it has done for good reasons - to share it. ”
It’s never a good idea to put toxic liquid in a drinks bottle, is it?
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous21 July 2014 at 11:06

    "The bottle of bleach belonged to Mr Sharkey who used it to clean caravans."

    Hmmm...was he 'employed' by the - ahem - Travelling community, I wonder...

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  2. Ed P21 July 2014 at 11:35

    One sip of vile stinky blue toilet cleaner, quickly spat out, might be understandable. But 2 or 3 mouthfuls? No amount of warning labels could overcome such behaviour.

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  3. Joe Public21 July 2014 at 18:04

    Even in 1971 it was a 'foreseen' danger:

    ".....It has been known for some of these liquids to be transferred to bottles labelled, for example, "Lemonade"."

    http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1971/jul/20/farm-and-garden-chemicals

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  4. Furor Teutonicus22 July 2014 at 08:58

    XX Do you think these sorts of people bothered to read it? XX

    You think this sort of trash CAN read it?

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  5. JuliaM26 July 2014 at 07:50

    @anon: I wonder...

    @Ed P: always something that makes me wonder if this is the whole story in these cases...

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