Posted By LParkinson S7 of HSWA places a duty on employees to look afiter their own welfare and that of others. If, by disregarding his own H&S he is in breech of company rules or standards, then the appropriate discaplinary procedure should be intigated, as it would with other non-conformances to company stanards. The H&S policy probably has something to say regarding this, and the employee should have been made aware of this at induction, H&S training etc. If, however, the employee is not wilfully breeching H&S standards, but simply unfortunate in being accident prone, then it is more difficult. "7. It shall be the duty of every employee while at work (a) to take reasonable care for the health and safety of of employees himself and of other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions at work ; and (b) as regards any duty or requirement imposed on his employer or any other person by or under any of the relevant statutory provisions, to co-operate with him so far as is necessary to enable that duty or requirement to be performed or complied with. 8. No person shall intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare in pursuance of any of the relevant statutory provided pursuant provisions."

Posted By Patrick Burns CMIOSH - SpDipEM - MIQA If you have done everything that is reasonably practicable then surely the next step is to take this down the disciplinary action procedure particularly if you say there is "blatant" disregard for safety. This might reveal during investigation other causes such as learning difficulties, disability etc. If this is the case then you would need to use a different approach such as the DDA. If the last above is not relevant I would have thought that there would be reference to compliance with safety rules etc within the person's terms and conditions of contract of employment. As a minimum you should look to ensure that in going down this route you comply with the statutory disciplinary procedure, if you use your own then check that it complies with it before you start the process. You don't say whether or not you have Trade Union Safety Reps in your organisation, if so it might be worthwhile discussing the issue with them as they might be able to assist in determining the individuals root cause.

Posted By Zayed N. we have these rule in our company which says after all the job can be replaced but your life and wellbeing cant...!

Posted By TBC Bet he has a job getting through the metal detectors at airports.

Posted By John Webster ...........or perhaps has some form of learning difficulty which has remained undiagnosed. I know it is a feature of some disorders for the person to have little or no concept of risk and personal safety, but to otherwise behave quite "normally". Unfortunately, that is little help, for unless you actually know of a problem, it is impossible to employ alternative learning strategies. The sad thing is that, without a recognition of the problem and appropriate support, such a person can easily be condemned to a life of unemployment and benefit dependency.

Posted By Bill Elliott JAI - picking up on what others have intimated, has the possibility of dyspraxia, dyslexia been ruled out. You also don't mention age - does that have a bearing - but even if you have ruled out all these things, I have to admit that some people are just accident prone and one can only do ones utmost to protect them, often from themselves. Good luck.

Posted By Rob Yuill I had a similar situation a few years ago. One of our employees had two accidents close together that were both potentially life threatening. I met with him on a one-to-one basis to try to identify, using human factors, why he kept having these accidents. I ended by saying in no uncertain terms, that the next time I investigated an accident involving him I would probably be talking to his widow! OK so it was "fairly" brutal, but it worked when nothing else seemed to. In the next two years until I left - ZERO accidents. Rob

Posted By Dave Faragher Dear JAI what you may do is get this person in a quiet place and find out just what is going on it may be one of several problems. hope this helps Faragher