Message Board - Natural Turf: Hydrated Lime
21 Apr 2009 by Mark Jones
Can anyone confirm if Lime for Marking is actually illegal? I know it is not recommened by the IOG. I do not use it myself but the question came up today with a friend of mine.
Is there any official documents that has the answer to the question?
21 Apr 2009 by Grassman2011
If it is'nt it should be. There was a goal keeper who suffered terrible burns from lime line marking. I believe he was awarded a large sum in compensation.
21 Apr 2009 by tidod
The goalkeeper concerned was Andy Dibble playing for Barry Town in a League of Wales fixture in 1999. He was awarded £20,000 damages having suffered lifetime permanent scarring.
I still cannot remember whether or not it is illegal but I know that everytime I see a bag of it in a groundsman's shed(which still happens) when visiting clubs on ECB business, I ask them to remove it permanently and include a seperate sentence highlighting the health and safety risk in my Pitch Advisors report.
Geoff Calcott
22 Apr 2009 by Aladdin
I can't find any specific law regarding the above (not yet, anyway) but FEPA seems to be the statutory instrument concerned:
http://www.whatkit.co.uk/buyingadvice/index.cfm?fuseaction=whk.buyingadvice.article&sCategoryID=LIN
From the posh end of the room!!
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