Sign up to the HSE bulletins and that will give you plenty of case studies to scare them with. Likewise I scan and email them relevent articles/case studies from SHP. Its a case of keep beating that drum as they are unlikley to change their views overnight. Still at it at my end but it is slowly working.

Thank you for replies so far. William - Broken link but sure I can find it through google :)

There are specific from the Health & Safety Executive regarding legal liability of individual board members for health and safety failures at:- http://www.hse.gov.uk/leadership/legislation.htm The above is a part of leadership guidance for all directors, governors, trustees, officers and their equivalents in the private, public and third sectors. It applies to organisations of all sizes. More information is available regarding small businesses and major hazard industries. Leading health and safety at work http://www.hse.gov.uk/leadership/index.htm

Is it they don't know or don't care? I find it hard to believe that in this era directors are not aware of their health and safety responsibilities. Even most site supervisors and managers could give a reasonable explanation of their duties with regards to H&S law.

I'm guessing that if you're having trouble getting buy-in from them, they won't look favourably on paying out to attend a training course. However, I've found that external training by a good company (who makes quite clear that they have a duty to manage H & S, backed up with some salient cases) helps to concentrate the mind. However, as some have indicated in this thread, you can also dig out some appropriate cases from various sources and send that to them as well. As has been stated, I send occasional links from the HSE if they are appropriate to our business.

You may want to download a document called "Strategic Safety Culture Roadmap" from http://www.behavioral-sa...-resource-center/level-2 to that discusses how to get Senior Management buy-in