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Chart your views (3) What jargon would you ban?
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Posted By Anne Smart
Dear members,
Chartered status is big news for IOSH, the health and safety profession, and all of you who develop your professional skills through the IOSH membership structure.
We have been asking some of our soon-to-be Chartered members to share their views on this event and what it means to them professionally. You will see more of these opinions on this website (www.iosh.co.uk/charteredpeople) and in the media over the coming months.
But now we’d like to hear from the rest of you, regardless of your current membership category, professional experience or career path. Each week you will see some new threads appear, asking you to share your thoughts on various topics. Please don’t be shy, just be polite.
We may want to use your views as part of our ongoing media campaigns, but if we quote you directly we will contact you first.
The first two questions have already appeared on this and the Careers forum. Since it is Friday afternoon, here is a more light hearted one:
If you could ban the use of one bit of jargon, what would it be?
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Posted By Tim
"clipboard nazi"
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Posted By David P. Johnson
"You cant to that, it's illegal"
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Posted By steven bentham
Planning Supervisors
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Posted By Merv Newman
1. who is Anne Smart ?
2. itselfansafetyinnit ?
3. According to xxxx (brackets(square brackets)), (brackets)...
4. COSHH, PUWER, and so forth
5. I'm a consultant, trust me (CMIOSH even)
I could go on but the gin and tonc is getting to me. Must cut down tonc. (reminder : look up TLV and LD 50. LC 50 doesn't count, the wife is out tonight)
Merv (open square brackets "I think, ergo I need another g&tonc" close square brackets)
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Posted By Brett Day
Not really jargon, but phrases I hate to hear:
"I've heard that you can/cannot do X because...."
"I've always done it this way"
"What do you know about the job, you've never been X..."
Even though an individual has constant accidents and puts others at danger is described as "Basically harmless" Prefer the term "Mostly Harmless" but that is a completely different kettle of fish!
Like Merv "Planning Supervisor" - I don't plan (in that sense) and I don't supervise, heaven knows that some designers could do with some close supervision!
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Posted By DougieGeorge
Like Brett, not jargon, but these wind me up:
elfinsafety - so you're the guy that banned smoking...eating... drinking...microwave ovens...day trips...xmas parties...having fun with the fire extinguishers...etc
risk assessments...safety procedures...emergency plans...hang on a minute, they must be here somewhere..rummage..rummage..oh there it is under last year's Xmas decorations...
listen mate, I've been doing this for the last 27 years & not had an accident...yet
COSHH assessments - of course - its all in that locker over there ...
well it wasn't me wot did it ...
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Posted By Mark Talbot
Reasonably practicable.
This varies so wildly from my mind to my bosses mind - from our opinion to the Court's opinion - from the enforcer to the insurer.
Looking at case law, many companies get away with 'murder' because it is so badly understood.
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Posted By srd
'competent person'
Stephen.
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Posted By ITK
"Health and Safety, its common sense 'innit"
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Posted By Gordon Thelwell
I must first agree with Mark SFAIRP, RP should be as clear as 'Shall' and 'Must'.
My bug bear words are:
'We'
'Someone'
'promptly'
'sometime'
BUT MOST OF ALL!......'HEALTH & SAFETY EXPERT'.
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Posted By J Knight
Not necessarily elf n safety but
'don't want to reinvent the wheel' ('go on then, if you're so smart, what colour should it be' speaking of kettles of fish)
'singing from the same hymn sheet'
and from H&S 'it's EU regs, innit'
John
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Posted By Peter MacDonald
Zero accidents as a target and the phrase ''all accidents are preventable''
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Posted By Robert.
Nobody gets hurt
No blame culture
Tick the box to indicate either OK or questionable
Loss Prevention System
LPS, JSA, LPO, AO, SPSRA, LMRA,
Risk averse
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Posted By Andy
Not jargon, just a phrase I used to see often in accident investigations relating to identifying remedial measures, they still pop up occasionaly.
What permanent measures are recommended to adequately control activity?
The person/IP/staff/operative…….. must take more care.
Regards
Andrew
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
The much abused phrase "Method Statement" is top of my list followed closely by "Generic Assessment"
Bob
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Posted By stuart cross
The use of the word "bug" to mean a bacterium or a virus.
A bug has six legs and flies.
Stuart
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