Yet again more disregard for housemates health and safety

[Sticks]

Tonight's episode did annoy me with regards first to the nettles in the sack race.

It is not enough to have "Nettle cream", nettles cause something akin to a chemical burn. Channel 4 / Endemol are inflicting chemical burns on contestants.

A recent court case in France held that contestants on a reality tv show are employees. If we could translate that to here, then making someone handle a bio-hazard without adequate protection could be a breech of health and safety legislation.

The bricks on bare feet could have caused injury, and as for the cactus, a puncture of the skin could cause infection.

Again Health and safety issues.

The egg thing is a delicacy so I am not commenting about that

How long is Channel 4 / Endemol going to flout health and safety, put contestants in harms way for entertainment purposes.

How far are they going to go?
Russian Roulette?

[Fangz]

Dear god...

[Iceman]

Originally posted by Sticks
How far are they going to go?
Russian Roulette?

Bit over the top with russian roulette but i get what you mean!:thumbs:

[Indierock&roll]

hahaha

[Simone.]

IT'S MARIO :tongue:

[Prole]

Russian roulette is a stupid idea. Not on Health and Safety grounds, but that there are so few brains in the house to blow out.

[Prole]

Originally posted by Simone.
IT'S MARIO :tongue:

LOL... My God, I think you're right!

[Iceman]

Originally posted by ViaVerde
Russian roulette is a stupid idea. Not on Health and Safety grounds, but that there are so few brains in the house to blow out.

:laugh3::laugh3::joker:

[DaniBoi]

Are you the greasy, square jawed wife beater from last years BB?

[Chuckyegg]

hahahah youre funny

[Jack_]

I understand your reasoning, and yes it looked like it could cause them some harm, but seriously... it's people similar to yourself that are ruining the show by complaining all the time. I'd much rather see tasks similar to tonight's one than some Biscuit Dunking task that was shown on Week 1. :rolleyes:

Besides, surely all tasks like this would have to be tested first to make sure they are safe for the housemates to take part in?

[fairymoon]

health and safety going to far sorry but it is i was a kid in the 80s we swam in rivers, walked without shoes for hours drank from a tap played on bikes without helmets and pads all stupid things so did my brothers mum dad before me ,sale by dates did not stand till the 70s and we are all still here its getting stupid that we cant do this our that now why like i said we still here

[andyman]

Sticks is taking the pis*, do not fall for it.:xyxwave:

[PixieBoots]

Originally posted by Sticks
Tonight's episode did annoy me with regards first to the nettles in the sack race.

It is not enough to have "Nettle cream", nettles cause something akin to a chemical burn. Channel 4 / Endemol are inflicting chemical burns on contestants.

A recent court case in France held that contestants on a reality tv show are employees. If we could translate that to here, then making someone handle a bio-hazard without adequate protection could be a breech of health and safety legislation.

The bricks on bare feet could have caused injury, and as for the cactus, a puncture of the skin could cause infection.

Again Health and safety issues.

The egg thing is a delicacy so I am not commenting about that

How long is Channel 4 / Endemol going to flout health and safety, put contestants in harms way for entertainment purposes.

How far are they going to go?
Russian Roulette?



:sleep: H&S legislation, blah blah blah. If you ask me it's gone too far anyway

[fairymoon]

its stupid

[Fangz]

I bet you've got Ofcom on speeddial.

[Fom]

They don't have to do it, big brother isn't forcing them to do anything. It is their own fame hungry pathetic selves that make them do it!

[fairymoon]

lol i bet

[cleaner67]

I didn`t know the health and safety officer Mario was in the house

[Jack_]

Originally posted by DaniBoi
Are you the greasy, square jawed wife beater from last years BB?

LMAO. :joker:

[Dream_Arcade_Chris]

You're politicaly correct sticks yess... but come on, you're being abit over the top mate arent you?

[Ketman]

Yeah, nettle stings are a real worry. But I'm concerned about noxious gases. The close of tonight's HLs showed Dogface popping out a particularly poisonous fart that had Karly wrinkling her nose in obvious discomfort. These are harmful vapours, which no doubt the French government would have something to say about - probably something like "C'est une violation de droits de l'homme pour péter au visage de quelqu'un". I'm wondering if there should an area reserved for that, as there is for smoking. If there's a Bus Stop, there shoulld also be a Gas Stop, for anyone who likes to let their arse do the talking. Should I start a poll about this?

[kisywisy]

is this guy serious???

:bored:

[Jayson]

LOL

[Sticks]

I am serious

And if others would like to check, I am NOT Mario from BB9.


I have found a way to send a complaint to Channel 4 and sent in this



I refer to the "extreme sports task"

Being stung by a stinging nettle is akin to a chemical burn, and the sting can last for a week. One contestant seemed to still be suffering later in the evening. Do Channel Four not care about health and safety of the contestants.

In France they decided that reality tv contestants are employees. If that were the case here, you could not do this under health and safety at work legislation which is stringent about handling bio-hazards.

As for the cactus baton, what if a needle went into a hand and caused serious infection?

The skipping over the lego and the rolling on the plugs could also have caused injuries.

Could the people who devise the tasks please explain why they feel it is ok to disregard health and safety, as it appeared with this task.


I will let you know of any reply.

[Clockers]

Give them pain, the fame hungry bar stewards.

[Patrick]

Mario! :dazzler:
Long time no see

[Sam!]

Oh god. We now know one of the multiple complainers.

[GiRTh]

Nice one Sticks.:thumbs:

[Sticks]

Originally posted by Sam!
Oh god. We now know one of the multiple complainers.

To quote Babs from Chicken Run

It's a living!

[vesavius]

Originally posted by Sticks
Tonight's episode did annoy me with regards first to the nettles in the sack race.

It is not enough to have "Nettle cream", nettles cause something akin to a chemical burn. Channel 4 / Endemol are inflicting chemical burns on contestants.

A recent court case in France held that contestants on a reality tv show are employees. If we could translate that to here, then making someone handle a bio-hazard without adequate protection could be a breech of health and safety legislation.

The bricks on bare feet could have caused injury, and as for the cactus, a puncture of the skin could cause infection.

Again Health and safety issues.

The egg thing is a delicacy so I am not commenting about that

How long is Channel 4 / Endemol going to flout health and safety, put contestants in harms way for entertainment purposes.

How far are they going to go?
Russian Roulette?

God yes..

A Deer Hunter themed task week would be frikin awesome.

[Jayson]

The HM's could've just said no.

[Rollerrd]

The housemates were not forced to do the task. If they didn't want to get hurt, they simply had to refuse. Nonetheless, they took part.

[littlelaura]

Poor Karly, the boys made her do the worst one!
Thats the only travesty I can see

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Sticks
Originally posted by Sam!
Oh god. We now know one of the multiple complainers.

To quote Babs from Chicken Run

It's a living!

I dunno why you act like its a cool thing.

[Twilight]

Omfg its mario :cheer:

[28thapril]

bb test all there tasks before putting them in front of the h/m's in the interest of there safety so your be lucky?????

[Jayson]

Originally posted by 28thapril
bb test all there tasks before putting them in front of the h/m's in the interest of there safety so your be lucky????? Is what the reply to Sticks' complaint will be.

[JustSkipIt]

Originally posted by Ketman
… But I'm concerned about noxious gases. The close of tonight's HLs showed Dogface popping out a particularly poisonous fart that had Karly wrinkling her nose in obvious discomfort. … I'm wondering if there should an area reserved for that, as there is for smoking. If there's a Bus Stop, there shoulld also be a Gas Stop, for anyone who likes to let their arse do the talking. Should I start a poll about this?

Bus stop and a gas station perhaps?
Bit of a city center them forming?

[bridgetgail69]

for gods sake talk about over the top
i really enjoyed the sports day tasks this was definately big bro being bad which is what they had promised. with regards to health and safety the tasks are always tried out 1st by big bro arn't they its not as if they were a life or death challenge. More of the same please big bro:cheer:

[Sticks]

This is the reply I received



Thank you for your e-mail. We can assure you that each sport was devised and thoroughly tested in consultation with a Doctor and a Health and Safety Advisor. The well-being of the housemates is always of paramount concern to both the programme producers and Channel 4.

Please be assured that your complaint has been logged and distributed
throughout Channel 4 for the attention of the series makers.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us.

Regards,

Jessicka Burton
Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries


So a doctor and a health and safety advisor ok'd something whereby someone receives something akin to a chemical burn?

Whither that bit in the Hippocratic oath, I will do no harm

I missed something somewhere.

[Ketman]

Originally posted by Sticks
This is the reply I received



Thank you for your e-mail. We can assure you that each sport was devised and thoroughly tested in consultation with a Doctor and a Health and Safety Advisor. The well-being of the housemates is always of paramount concern to both the programme producers and Channel 4.

Please be assured that your complaint has been logged and distributed
throughout Channel 4 for the attention of the series makers.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us.

Regards,

Jessicka Burton
Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries


So a doctor and a health and safety advisor ok'd something whereby someone receives something akin to a chemical burn?

Whither that bit in the Hippocratic oath, I will do no harm

I missed something somewhere.

What you missed somewhere is your own lack of expertise. No one is likely to think you better qualified to judge the hazards of a task than a qualified doctor and a Health and Safety Adviser. A nettle sting is "akin to a chemical burn" only in the sense that it makes you go "ouch!". Unlike a chemical burn it isn't a potentially disfiguring thing, and needs no treatment other than a little ointment. After an hour or so it stops stinging, and the visible rash will have gone by the next day. It's harmless.