Posted By Billy Cassidy Need help with 2 questions that are part of pre-course assessment for Post-Grad Certificate. Any help greatly appreciated! 1. Identify a cause of accidents that is not presently subject to specific statutory requirements? 2. Outline a question regarding a health and safety matter that you should NOT put to a HSE Inspector? Need this couple to finish!! Thanks Billy

Posted By Geoff Burt I have to admit, I'm having trouble with these two. I would have thought the H&S Act and the Management Regs would have covered all eventualities, but I have no doubt you'll get an answer from someone.

Posted By John Allen Billy Interestingly enough it is not a strict legal requirment to investigate accidents. You do have to revise risk assessments in the light of changing circumstances but there is no statutory duty to produce what most of us would recognise as an accident investigation report. With regard to your second question I would not ask any inspector an obvious question that a safety adviser should easily know the answer to : like above what height is fall protection required

Posted By Patrick Teyhan Billy, my thinking behind the first question would be have to be something that an employer would have no direct control of, the realisation of which could have fatal concequences. Example employees turning up for work under the influence of Drink, Drugs or getting drunk / high during the course of the working day, or mental disorder and misuse of medication. Predominantley employers place restrictions on employees with regard to Drink and Drugs and are usually controlled by Company OH&S policy, rather than by any legislation I can recall. The mental health problem could be found out as part of a Health Screening or Monitoring. As for questioning a Health and Safety inspector in all seriousness why not Phone one up and ask. I believe you should stay away from subjects such as parentage!!! Could they come back later / tomorrow / next week! Questioning their Credentials or validity for investigation / entery to premises! Asking them to name of the anonymous whistle blower. Hope these are of use Regards Patrick Teyhan

Posted By Jane Blunt For question 1, I read this rather differently. I took specific statutory requirements to mean things like noise, ionising radiation, etc. which have their own regulations. I would have called the management regs and HSAWA general and not specific. If we take that line of meaning then a whole lot of answers become possible, like lasers, vibration, etc. However, the majority view is going the other way! Jane

Posted By Raymond Rapp Billy, Q1. Heat e.g. heat stress, fatigue etc. Q2. Unofficial practices (should not mention them to your employer either). Hopes this helps. Ray

Posted By Geoff Burt PACE?

Posted By Geoff Burt Thank you.