Common sense is apparently not too common. This is an ATM machine on the wall of a Starbucks in Fullerton California. I was attending a Risk Management conference, and this was the best example of Risk Mismanagement I saw all day.
Less than four feet from the edge of the curb to the knees of the customer using the machine. Six inch curb . This is a driveway coming off a busy street with a 35 MPH speed limit.
Four bollards or some sort of safety barrier would protect the machine user with his back to the parking lot, along with anybody waiting in line. Maybe $2500 installed. Truly an accident waiting to happen. And this from a company that paid out on a multimillion dollar settlement in a case with a very similar parking lot risk in Sacramento California some years ago.
Will someone have to be killed or crippled before the City of Fullerton cracks down and enforces basic safety standards or Wells Fargo begins to take a look at the cost-benefit ratios? Let's hope not.
Less than four feet from the edge of the curb to the knees of the customer using the machine. Six inch curb . This is a driveway coming off a busy street with a 35 MPH speed limit.
Four bollards or some sort of safety barrier would protect the machine user with his back to the parking lot, along with anybody waiting in line. Maybe $2500 installed. Truly an accident waiting to happen. And this from a company that paid out on a multimillion dollar settlement in a case with a very similar parking lot risk in Sacramento California some years ago.
Will someone have to be killed or crippled before the City of Fullerton cracks down and enforces basic safety standards or Wells Fargo begins to take a look at the cost-benefit ratios? Let's hope not.
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