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Carbs are off

In the week the sector digested the chancellor鈥檚 spending plans, we took a look back to when 黑洞社区 was contemplating something more obviously close to workers鈥� hearts 鈥� or rather stomachs, writes Helen Burch.

Contractor Taylor Woodrow had declared war on carbohydrates. Research into the times that accidents happened on site showed a cluster occurred around midday, which was about an hour after the time that many workers ate a large breakfast. This led management to consider whether what employees ate was affecting their work 鈥� perhaps a large amount of carbohydrate was making them drowsy?

They decided to see what effect reducing the amount of starchy food on site would have. But they acted stealthily. 鈥漌e said 鈥榯he chip fryer鈥檚 broken down so we can鈥檛 do chips this week鈥�,鈥� said project manager Richard Miles.

There was also a stomach-churning description of one man鈥檚 encounter with an item that shouldn鈥檛 have been in his food. 鈥漌edged in the roll between my greasy, undercooked slice of bacon and a dollop of HP sauce, was a sticking plaster.鈥�  

There鈥檚 an image that hasn鈥檛 got any more appetising in the last 10 years.

To read the full article from 23 November 2007, click on the pdf below.