Butchers in Sainsbury's banned from using KNIVES... in case they cut themselves

Butchers at Sainsbury's have been banned from using knives - because of health and safety.

Shopper John Wilkinson was shocked when a meat counter worker at the supermarket said he could not de-bone a joint of lamb.

The businessman was told: 'My bosses won't let me - in case I cut myself and I'm not insured.'

Banned: A butcher in Sainsbury's in Cardiff said he was not able to use knives, in case he cut himself - even though he has been a butcher for 30 years

Mr Wilkinson, who was buying the lamb joint for a roast dinner at a store in Penylan, Cardiff, said the butcher was embarrassed and said he had been chopping meat for three decades.

The 41-year-old said: 'I couldn't believe my ears. He's been doing it for 30 years and we were chatting about how he had been teaching all the young butchers how to cut the meat and joints.

'But when I asked him to de-bone the joint he said he couldn't in case he cut himself with a knife and he would not be insured.

'He looked really embarrassed.'

Father-of-one Mr Wilkinson even queried it with customer services at the large Sainsbury's store.

It was confirmed to him that company policy was that it was deemed 'not safe' for the butcher to use the knives on a lamb joint.

Mr Wilkinson said: 'It was just hysterical. I went to the customer service desk and the woman there said it was for the butcher's own safety.'

A spokesman for Sainsbury's said the store had a training policy on the butcher counter and not all staff were trained to use a knife for that specific task.

He said: 'Our colleagues who work on the meat counters are all trained to use knives, but some have not received all of the training to safely de-bone a lamb joint.

'We are sorry we could not help Mr Wilkinson, but hope he will shop with us in future.'

Health and Safety is taking over! Watch out or you will get sued!

First having to wear protective gloves and goggles for conquers and now this!?!? What next? Hairdressers banned for wielding scissors?

Your thoughts?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1265868/Butchers-Sainsburys-banned-using-KNIVES--case-cut-themselves.html?ITO=1708&referrer=yahoo

Just to prove im not making it up...

For a start it's from the Daily mail... The single biggest source of bullshit in the UK.

That said, it probably happened, but judging by the source I also imagine that we are by no means seeing the full story.

I believe it, it's the kind of thing that would happen in today's place of works.


Our water heater on my floor at work broke once, it took months to get fixed. I asked for my floor to have a kettle, it's simple cheap and water tastes better too.

The main guy who orders stuff and such alike said no due to health and safety. It was a bloody kettle, if someone didn't know how to use it then that is their own bloody fault. Of course what defeated it was that fact people were walking down a flight to stairs to the floor below to get hot water then back up, something that is surely far more hazardous in terms of our safety.

We got the boiler fixed and infact got a kettle too after some more moaning. Lame excuse though using H&S.

Why?

It is a very well respected newspaper, second most popular to be precise. It sells in excess of 1 million copies per day and only the Sun is more popular. You don't dislike it because 53% of Daily Mail readers vote for the Conservative Party, compared to 21% for Labour and 17% for the Liberal Democrats?

All papers are controversial as they all are opinionated and the mail is no different from the Guardian, Times, Sun etc. This paper in particular highlights many issues that other papers dare not to cover.

Why has everyone suddenly gone into H&S overdrive?

Did you just call the Daily mail a well respected newspaper? It's pretty much recognised as the laughing stock of all newspapers. Being the second most popular newspaper means jack all, in case you haven't noticed many shit newspapers are at the top, heck the Sun is number one in the UK.

I don't dislike it because of the amount of Conservative bias in the paper, heck if it was liberal through and through I still wouldn't like it. Why? I'm sick of reading headlines about, Pedophiles, Madeline McCann and Baby P every time I see their paper... Yes I know Princess diana died, let it go please Daily mail.

I hate their sensationalist stories about "political correctness gone mad", where they have decidedly picked out one freak case out of thousands of occasions where political correctness wasn't out of hand. I'm sick of them trying to sell papers based on hearsay and gossip.

Ban the hoody? How about no.

A lot of people hate the Daily mail for the same reasons I do.

This song represents my views on the Daily mail.

lol...

This is like banning people from playing football, incase they trip up and hurt themselves.

Another day, another pathetic use of "health and safety" in the UK.

Well like Highwaystar said, you've only really got one point of view represented here (and that view is in the Dail Mail so not sure it even counts).

Seems a little overkill but can you really blame companies from doing this given how many people make claims over such small incidents now?

He was only banned from using a knife for a specific task because the staff hadn't all been trained. Can you imagine what would happen if they were using a kinfe on such a task and injured themselves without having being trained, lawsuit I would bet.