From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Safety memo highlighting the risk of accidents from staff walking out of workshops into the path of experimental cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\2\ Scan277 | |
| Date | 21th September 1934 | |
| To Sft{Mr Swift}: Y1775 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}24/KW.21.9.34. The Buffing and Sand-Blasting shops both have openings which run into the passage leading to the Experimental shop. People can walk out of these openings without any warning; it is not even necessary to open a door. The Electrical Dept. is slightly better because they have to open a door before they can get into the roadway. I feel convinced that unless directly something is done to prevent people walking out of these openings we shall shortly have an accident through somebody stepping under an experimental car. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||