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#1 Posted : 22 April 2006 23:49:00(UTC)
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Posted By naomi
Can anybody give me some short quotes on health and safety please, I did see some on here a couple of months ago but can't find the thread now.
You can e-mail them direct if you wish to naomi.chadwick@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks all
Naomi
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#2 Posted : 23 April 2006 00:18:00(UTC)
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Posted By Bill Fisher
Naomi

Try

http://www.iosh.co.uk/in...iew&forum=1&thread=18604

Bill
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#3 Posted : 23 April 2006 06:17:00(UTC)
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Posted By Merv Newman
"There is nothing so urgent or so important that we cannot take time to do it safely"

One company actually put this on a 10 meter long noticeboard, just inside the works gate. (paper mill, Aberdeen)

Merv
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#4 Posted : 23 April 2006 11:08:00(UTC)
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Posted By Philip McAleenan
“In a ‘perfect world’, OSH practitioners would gradually work themselves out of jobs as workers and management became sufficiently competent and resourced in OSH.”

"Mind the Gap", IOSH 2004

"Where each participant in a work situation is armed with the three elements, (authority, resources and competence) then the requirements for a preventative safety culture is met."

"Prevention, A Universal Responsibility", McAleenan and McAleenan, 2006

Philip
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#5 Posted : 23 April 2006 12:13:00(UTC)
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Posted By Frank Hallett
To manage H&S effectively will always cost - to fail to manage it effectively will always cost more!

Frank Hallett
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#6 Posted : 23 April 2006 12:35:00(UTC)
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Posted By John McFeely
YOUr Safety starts with YOU!

Safety is 'no accident'

Jackie McFeely
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#7 Posted : 23 April 2006 13:04:00(UTC)
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Posted By Merv Newman
The H&S consultants rôle is to ensure, in the most economical way, that the client never again has need of his services.

Some clients are far too early in believing they have arrived at this point. Some consultants are far too late.

The client's wris[expletive deleted]ch, which the consultant borrowed in order to tell the client the time, may be returned to the client by registered mail.

Are the above "quotes" or "maxims" ?

"It's always the other one" (applies to doors, taps and buses)

Merv's Law. (maybe a corrolary of Murphie's)
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#8 Posted : 24 April 2006 21:59:00(UTC)
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Posted By K S

"There are no short cuts to anyplace worth getting"

I believe in this one, and have used it on occasion when arriving late

"It is better to be late in this world than early in the next"

Cheers KS
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#9 Posted : 24 April 2006 23:54:00(UTC)
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Posted By Brett Day

Seen in an accident report, "The man displayed all the self preservation instincts of a demented lemming about to hurl itself of Beachy Head".

A fool and his life are soon parted.

It's not the fall that kills you it's the sudden deceleration.

Famous last words:
"Safe?? Of course it's safe!"
"I wonder what this button does?"
"I bet no one's ever done this be-"

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.

Better a thousand times careful than once dead.

Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy.

Accidents hurt - safety doesn't.

Alert today. Alive tomorrow.

No safety know pain, know safety no pain.
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#10 Posted : 24 April 2006 23:59:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jasonjg
People think we have too much time on our hands, I dont think so.

Sorry Moderator, could not resist

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#11 Posted : 25 April 2006 08:39:00(UTC)
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Posted By Tony O'Keefe
The quote I can remember using to good effect while implementing a stress policy and training etc was WHO CARES WINS!
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#12 Posted : 25 April 2006 08:58:00(UTC)
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Posted By mrs.seed
And maybe a humourous one too....

The 10 most feared words in the english language are:
'I'm your safety adviser and I'm here to help you'
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#13 Posted : 25 April 2006 10:14:00(UTC)
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Posted By Bob Thompson CMIOSH
Im a Hazard Somebody stop me

What are you going to tell the coroner
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#14 Posted : 25 April 2006 11:42:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jeffrey Watt
For use when bright sparks deride our profession and say that safety is just common sense...
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18" Albert Einstein

And the one I repeat into myself as a mantra when dealing with people I need to influence
"There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them" -Louis Armstrong

Or my own one when making excuses about why I haven't finished that thing I was meant to do...
"Safety isn't rocket science, it's a sight more bloody difficult than that."

Or for putting managers in their box when needed
" If you can't manage safety, you can't manage."- unknown OSH professional

And my favourite
"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering"- Master Yoda

Jeff

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#15 Posted : 25 April 2006 12:09:00(UTC)
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Posted By Alice
Not safety specific but can be useful (although may come across a bit patronising!)

"if you fail to plan you plan to fail"
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#16 Posted : 25 April 2006 12:11:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Adams
Assumption is the mother of all *&$% ups.
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#17 Posted : 25 April 2006 15:58:00(UTC)
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Posted By Merv Newman
Feared words ? "I'm the new H&S coordinator. I understand that we are also your new neighbours"

Merv totally nakereepood. (Kenny Everett, BBC TV)
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#18 Posted : 25 April 2006 17:16:00(UTC)
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Posted By Jeffrey Watt
Just read the decorating offices thread and remembered another one of my maxims

"Furnitue is not a means of access stooopid"

Jeff
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