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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to amend The Work at Height Regulations 2005 to make it law for explanatory labels to be permanently fixed to all fall arrest lanyards and safety harnesses, so rescuers understand the implications of "Suspension Trauma". More details
Submitted by Les Glover of Gloucestershire & North Wiltshire Branch C.W.U. – Deadline to sign up by: 14 March 2008 – Signatures: 202
Petition update, 28 April 2008
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "amend The Work at Height Regulations 2005 to make it law for explanatory labels to be permanently fixed to all fall arrest lanyards and safety harnesses, so rescuers understand the implications of "Suspension Trauma."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15371.asp
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More details from petition creator
It is possible that an otherwise fit person, saved from falling by a lanyard fall arrest system, can suffer from suspension trauma within 10 - 30 minutes while awaiting rescue. Blood can pool in the legs causing the person to slip in to unconsciousness. Most would be rescuers are not trained in suspension trauma and their normal treatment for someone who has fainted could lead to the patient's rapid death. Labels should be permanently affixed to all safety harnesses and lanyards explaining that the patient should be treated for a "Crush injury" to prevent reflow. They must be kept in a sitting position for at least half an hour to avoid a heart attack or severe kidney damage. This simple label could save lives, please sign this petition.
Current signatories
Les Glover, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Derek R Allum
- karl stokes
- Andrew Main
- Mark Tripconey
- mark sheppard
- Alison Locker
- Stuart Dundas
- Douglas Dundas
- Ann Whitton - CWU YAC
- Stephen Betts
- George Penman
- Sheelagh Penman
- john Mitchell
- Martin Binge
- Jenny Glover
- Sarah Irvine
- John Appleton
- Glyn Rathbone
- ted stead
- Derek Maylor
- David Saunders
- Nick Nicholls.
- Anthony PJ Hagan
- Tracy Buckley
- Ross Harrison
- Jeff Brown
- Stephen Ratcliffe CWU - YOUTH
- Maxine Tuck
- Dave Conn
- Heather Dundas
- Paul Tucker
- maeve kennedy
- Howard Orgel
- Amie Glover
- Davie Bowman
- Roger M broughton
- Richard Green
- sue owen
- John R Brown
- Kenneth Wright
- Graeme Russell (CWU)
- craig anderson
- michele marshall
- simon marriott
- Stephen Howlett
- Ken garrad
- peter kirk
- Martin Staley
- E.L. Staley
- ian turner
- Gary Jones
- Mark Challis
- LUIS PONTING
- richard abbiss
- mark conibear
- peter baker
- Paul Williams
- Brian Ellison
- stephen nixon
- Brian Penn
- Jeremy Ker Watson
- EJ Robinson
- Alan Godden
- Dean pullen
- Chic McGlynn
- Ray Croft
- Gus Alleyne
- Tony Anderson
- Steven Ensom
- colin grigg
- Terry Poppy
- Jacqueline Saintil
- K D Glover
- David Herbert
- peter sharrocks
- Colin O'Hare
- tracey fussey
- Mark Turner
- Trevor Bodilly
- paul clark
- Steve Sheehan
- steve harris
- William Gilchrist
- Dave Joyce CWU/HQ National H&S Officer
- David Lewis
- Steve Barron
- david gibson
- louise Humphrey
- Haydn Wills
- Maureen Hooper
- Allan Thomas
- Paul Pritchard
- Julia Matthews
- Anthony Salt
- Michael Edwards
- amelia jones
- Noel McClean
- Jonathan Tandy
- adrian drake
- Andrew Macleod CWU-ASR
- Andy Becker
- katie Low
- tony speer
- Ian Walker
- David Halstead
- Simon Sapper
- adrian stones
- ary adrian Prins
- Rick Wright*
- Katie Dunning
- Alison Roberts-Pagent
- Iain Spence
- Jason Cornwall
- ANGELA GREEN
- craig staines
- angela pinheiro
- Ary Prins
- mick finnegan
- bruce barnes
- Stephanie Mulholland
- Bob freeman
- chad croom
- Ian Gunner
- Andy McArthur
- b steiner
- martin mc manus
- john scullion
- Jean Graham
- LUIS PONTING
- Brian Hibbs
- G Jacobs
- Mark Ogilvie
- Stephen Don
- Robert Humphries
- ray sparks
- Hilda Palmer
- Thomas Cahill
- George Hannah
- ALAN ARMITAGE
- susan middler
- Rob Whitehead
- patrick brazier
- Ian Trehearne
- tymmathi phillips
- philip camp
- David Mullett
- Jonathan Askew
- Helen Griffiths
- GEORGE ANDREW SMITH
- Richard Coleman CWU USR
- John Wignall
- Anne Dempsey
- Alex Gordon
- Stephen Wootton (CWU)
- Brendan kelly
- Simon Dodds
- terry swan
- M.G.Buckingham
- john kear
- Ken Keable
- Steve Richards
- Geiff Barr
- Tim Lezard
- Robert Armstrong
- David Hobbs
- Steve Parry
- GERALD HOBBS
- Chris Constable
- Kevin Jarvis
- Dannie Camburn
- RICHARD SULLOCK
- Ken Juden
- Nick Quirk - RMT
- Martin Wicks Sec Swindon TUC
- michael levine
- Dave Church
- john p. cleave
- Angela Sheppard
- John Stevenson
- steve bradnum
- Andy Parsons
- David Lovell
- William Coats
- Chris Killeen
- Eileen George
- alan mackie
- Alan sinclair
- John Evans
- William Mackenzie
- Andy Scarisbrick
- Calum Polwart
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- darren white
- Adriano Gentilcore
- Margaret King
- Dick King
- S King
- Jeff
- James
- Stephen Paterson
- Stuart Leather
