Three balconies above a café in calle Olms gave way yesterday morning causing minor injuries to one victim.
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Falling debris injures pedestrian in Palma's calle Olms
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I too have noticed that the Spanish Authorities aren´t big on Health and Safety. Many times, I think to myself "the British Health and Safety Board would have a field day here". Examples include workmen with no protective ear-defenders, eyeshields or headwear, stairs with no handrail, bundles of electricity cables dangling loosely outside buildings etc etc . Are any checks ever carried out here ?Traffic regulations (or lack of them) amaze me too. Parking on crossings, roundabouts and corners seems to be the accepted norm. As I sit having a coffee, I see hundreds speed by with no seat belt on and / or on the phone. I´ve never seen anyone stopped by the police for any of these offences. Perhaps there would be too much paperwork. Rant over.
There are many places in Palma where looking up at worn masonry and rickety balconies fills me with a sense of dread - in particular at times of the many parades through the year when families of 15 crowd onto personal balconies designed to take 5 people! We're living on luck.