Posted By Dee Dear All, I know it is only Tuesday and this kind of thing is normally for a Friday but the sun is shining and Friday will be too late for me! I am doing a 10 minute presentation on "the importance of risk assessments and how to conduct them" and intend to do this on a World Cup theme. I have a number of ideas and thought fellow forum members might be able to come up with others for example we have the obvious of: PPE the goalkeeper (last line of defence) The Midfield Quintent of: Identify Hazard Identify Who Review Control Record Results Evaluate Risk Our main striker Elimination and then the obvious of Eliminiation not being fit and therefore Substitution required The manager of the team being Dan German Feel free the sillier the better as long as there is some tie between health and safety and football, I am very much trying to avoid "death by powerpoint" and thought this was apt with the World Cup currently being on - I am sure the forum members will be able to think of a few!! Look forward to hearing your suggestions! Dee

Posted By Carl West Dee, you could put in somewhere the importance of teamwork and everyone working together... Then insert a video link to show that Argentina 24 pass Cambiasso goal from last Friday.

Posted By Dee Thanks so far guys, definitely some good stuff and I am away to try and source that video clip right now! Keep them coming! Cheers, Dee

Posted By Janette Draper What's the offside rule?

Posted By Philip McAleenan and the equality rule explained for risk assessors who do not understand it, http://www.eoc.org.uk/ Philip

Posted By Jim Walker Janette, Thats quite true, BUT if you are standing joint first and the other person steps back slightly thereby putting you in front then its goodbye shoes! For the average woman this might not be the end of the world, but imagine you have only two pair of shoes (yes I know thats difficult to imagine) and your deadly rival has three pair. are you gutted or what?

Posted By Glyn Atkinson Don't forget bra size could be important here - hence all of the ladies being shown on World Cup coverage shots. If you are both in line, then the till operator (referee's assistant) will be watching for the first part of the body showing in front at the point of the purse being thrown, and if you lean forward from the waist up too soon, then it's goodbye shoes !!!! If the purse hits the woman competing in the queue with you, then that's great, as she will now have played you onside, you step over her prone body, pay for the shoes, and watch as the first aid staff carry her off and then substitute her for another shoe shopper. Who said that this shopping lark was easy ???

Posted By Paul Devlin or if you wanted to you can stand in front of the other shopper and start heading back behind her and have your friend go past you with the purse, you can then about turn and head for the front of the queue and accept the purse from your friend without being offside either? I hope this doesnt cloud the offside rule too much for some people and not just our female colleagues since i'm sure the referees and touchline officials(linesmen) dont always understand it. Paul

Posted By Zyggy Turek How about the importance of going to perform a job with a sufficient variety of suitable tools? There is no point for example in arriving with a spanner that is obviously too big for the job; a screwdriver that has broken down several times in the past year; a hammer with a slight fracture in its shaft & has not been used in anger since April or bringing along a brand new piece of kit that has never been tried or tested!

Posted By Dee Interesting the assumption is I am basing this on the En-ger-land team, in fact I am a Scot, living in Aberdeen!! Saying that I am spending this weekend South of the border with friends in Watford and am bracing myself for Sunday......... Surely, there is a player who's name is related to or a pun on health and safety?!? And as far as Michael Owen last night, there is a work-related injury and no mistake!