The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 318 Haverhill Firefighter Vacancies
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REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
5. INVESTIGATION RESULT
DEDUCTION OF PAY
5.1 Wigglesworth agreed that on 1st may 1998 he had been moving some drill dummies around and had put them on top of an appliance at some point. He had done this by tying them to the back of a fire engine with a rope and driven forward to pull them up. At some point during the process he had strained his back. He carried on working the rest of the day and the following two days. He reported sick five days later which coincided with his annual leave. When he booked sick he did this by telephone to Lowestoft fire station. Records at the station show this to be the case. However, the recorder of this information is unknown. Wigglesworth says he was not asked the reason for his sickness when he booked sick. He said the reason was due to further aggravation of his back the previous night when he suffered a running accident. Wigglesworth provided a Great Yarmouth athletic club race results form confirming he did take part in a race event on the evening before he booked sick.
5.2 Wigglesworth said that DO hayden was at partial fault for his accident on 1st May 1998. He said that DO Hayden withdrew his assistant, Leading Fireman Stephen Bartram, to other duties. In consequence he was left alone to set up a practical de-contamination exercise that was due to take place at 10.45 hours. He says that DO Hayden failed to carry out a proper accident investigation which lasted no more than 10 minutes on the same day of the accident and was “garbage”. Wigglesworth showed me ADO Seager’s health and safety documentation dated 6th May 1998 which stated the investigation was signed of and completed by 6th May 1998.
5.3 DO Hayden completely disagrees with Wigglesworth’s version of events. He said he was very clear about the accident, what happened and reported the matter fully and with due care and diligence. As to the claim of not carrying out the investigation hastily and in ten minutes he said that was not true. He said he was not aware of the accident until the following week when Wigglesworth booked sick. He said that neither Wigglesworth, nor anyone else had informed him of the accident on the day. DO Hayden said he carried out the investigation as he was the person responsible for the department in which Wigglesworth served. He said the investigation took place on 13th May 1998 when Wigglesworth returned from sick leave. DO Hayden could not account for the discrepancy in the health and safety records that showed the investigation was complete by 6th May 1998.
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
5. INVESTIGATION RESULT
DEDUCTION OF PAY
5.1 Wigglesworth agreed that on 1st may 1998 he had been moving some drill dummies around and had put them on top of an appliance at some point. He had done this by tying them to the back of a fire engine with a rope and driven forward to pull them up. At some point during the process he had strained his back. He carried on working the rest of the day and the following two days. He reported sick five days later which coincided with his annual leave. When he booked sick he did this by telephone to Lowestoft fire station. Records at the station show this to be the case. However, the recorder of this information is unknown. Wigglesworth says he was not asked the reason for his sickness when he booked sick. He said the reason was due to further aggravation of his back the previous night when he suffered a running accident. Wigglesworth provided a Great Yarmouth athletic club race results form confirming he did take part in a race event on the evening before he booked sick.
5.2 Wigglesworth said that DO hayden was at partial fault for his accident on 1st May 1998. He said that DO Hayden withdrew his assistant, Leading Fireman Stephen Bartram, to other duties. In consequence he was left alone to set up a practical de-contamination exercise that was due to take place at 10.45 hours. He says that DO Hayden failed to carry out a proper accident investigation which lasted no more than 10 minutes on the same day of the accident and was “garbage”. Wigglesworth showed me ADO Seager’s health and safety documentation dated 6th May 1998 which stated the investigation was signed of and completed by 6th May 1998.
5.3 DO Hayden completely disagrees with Wigglesworth’s version of events. He said he was very clear about the accident, what happened and reported the matter fully and with due care and diligence. As to the claim of not carrying out the investigation hastily and in ten minutes he said that was not true. He said he was not aware of the accident until the following week when Wigglesworth booked sick. He said that neither Wigglesworth, nor anyone else had informed him of the accident on the day. DO Hayden said he carried out the investigation as he was the person responsible for the department in which Wigglesworth served. He said the investigation took place on 13th May 1998 when Wigglesworth returned from sick leave. DO Hayden could not account for the discrepancy in the health and safety records that showed the investigation was complete by 6th May 1998.
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