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The machinery and the working environment of Holwell gave it the potential to be a dangerous place to work. Roy Beeken describes how when he first joined Holwell in the 1940s there was little enforcement of health and safety regulations.

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Safety wise everybody seemed to take a lot of risks in those days. There wasn't the health and safety regulations as they are now. Well the regulations were there but they were never put in place. The boiler houses that were worked from the gas from these furnaces; again it was like going into a hell hole. Gas burners in the furnaces as you walked by them. Dust and noise. No ear protections. No helmets. The only protection you got was your overalls. No special safety boots in those days, or glass goggles so safety equipment was really non-existent in the very first place. This altered as I progressed through the company. They got very safety conscious. But in those days I'm afraid safety was not paramount.

(Roy Beeken)

 

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