Dog warden issues warning

[POSTMAN]

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Team in Hereford and Worcester invited a dog warden to mail processing unit

Dogs on the loose are a regular problem on many delivery rounds.

Safety audits completed through the World Class Mail Safety step 4 process in Hereford and Worcester showed that loose dogs were a high risk.

Also, 49% of all accidents in the area were caused by dog bites.

Working together

Working with WCM champion David Harwood, CWU area safety rep Tony Waterhouse organised a session with the local dog warden to advise staff on how to deal with loose dogs.

Tony says: ‘It was a very professional talk.

‘It was excellent for advice on dog behaviour and what action to take in different circumstances.’

Postwoman Clare Lessemun was bitten by a dog. She says: ‘The dog warden gave an excellent explanation of how to interpret dog body language and superb advice on how to react when around dogs.’

Posting peg

Shortly after the talk, a posting peg saved postwoman Candice Astley-Morton’s fingers.

Candice (pictured) says: ‘I was sceptical about posting pegs to begin with because I’ve never had my fingers bitten before, but I’m so glad I had it with me on this occasion.

‘The posting peg I used was ripped from my hands by the dog and chewed up.

‘I used it because I only had one small letter for the address and I couldn’t put it through the letterbox without pushing my fingers through.’

[hauntedpaws]

Question....

If the posting peg is pulled through the letter box by dog, chewed up, dogs chokes on plastic, dies...who's liable then? I'm not prepared to use a posting peg. If a dog is behind the door, the mail gets killed off as inaccessible, simples...

[TrueBlueTerrier]

If you carry out a dynamic risk assessment and decide that even an attempt to deliver with a Posting peg is dangerous then no-one can overrule you, not even Moya Greene.

However as far as I know you cannot kill off as inaccessible, you can only endorse as Dog Loose and date it, then reattempt delivery when it returns to your frame.