Drop a copy of the sentencing guidelines on the desk on your way out.

All of the above.

Ultimately if they are so entrenched there is little else you can do...except walk away.

Before you hand your notice in, is it possible you could elaborate further on the issue you face?

At the end of the day they employ you to manage their H&S.

If you have challenged them in meetings, then propose to provide a report to highlight the issues etc.

And if you have sent a report which has not been answered, then ask them for a meeting.

If there is a collective group then try to see them individually to get their assent that way. Sometimes they can be different in a group situation to individually. You may find out more answers as to why they are stonewalling.

By all means sail out the door with your head held high, but only if its for something worthwhile, not just a toaster with no PAT test

Start with small changes, low hanging fruit as the saying goes.

See if there are any solutions that will not only improve safety, but will also save them money (sick pay, lost time, lost production, claims and reduction in insurance premiums).

You can wave prosecution information at them, but is like speeding in your car. You know its illegal and what will happen if you get caught, but you do it anyway because there is a positive consequence for you speeding (get to work on time, get home quicker, the enjoyment). It isn't normally until you get caught that it effects you and even then only for a short time.

What you need to look at it how you can turn the positive consequences for them to not follow safety into negative consequences for them and highlight the positive consequences to follow safety and to do that you need to put yourself in their shoes.

To us as safety bods we know its because we have a legal and moral requirement to protect people whilst they are at work, but to a manager under stress; KPI's and budgets can be more important and that's understandable because that's what pays their wages and are things that have an immediate impact where as safety implications maybe be off in the future.

Think of how you would explain to a guy on the shop floor why he must where his safety goggles when grinding. If you say its because the risk assessment and law says so he is less likely to wear them, but if you explain the benefit to him personally, how it will effect him should he suffer an injury. He is more likely to follow the Safe Systems.

I agree with biker1.

You can only bang your head against the wall for so long.

I have to say my experience differs from yours. My reply was a little tongue in cheek and that would be a last resort. However going through the guideline in our safety committee meeting certainly made a difference. To be fair as I'm part of the SMT I only have one person to convince.