The Merlin Engine

[Kongo-Otto]

Originally Posted by Koala63

Just one modern Occupational Health and Safety audit in that factory would ensure the Merlin never got off the drawing board. Those were the days, when Personal Protective Equipment meant a brown dust jacket and a cloth cap.

Maybe the brown dust jacket and the cloth cap where enough, because the workers knew the risk of their Jobs.
And be shure that the average UK Worker from this time had an higher educational standard than many people today.