Spent more than 2 hours working on a platform and wondered why you had to put up with the noise,heat and dust for so long?

The reality is after 2 hours on platform duties you should be rotated to another work location such as a gateline. There is a Health and Safety agreement which states that the longest staff should spend on platform duties is 2 hours, after which staff should be rotated to another location on the station. This does not mean you only do one 2 hour stint on the plaforms in any given duty, but it does ensure that there is a proper break from the noise, heat, dust or the freezing cold at this time of the year. Obviously it would be expected that the rotation is done on a fair and equal basis for all staff.

Minutes relating to this agreement can be found on the Stations Safety Council minutes of May 2004, minute number 37.

The intranet link to this is :

http://intranet.lul.co.uk/ER/docs/stations/h_and_s/mins/old_minutes/h_an...