Posted By Allan St.John Holt Not really! Anyone who takes the time to actually rwad the Con Doc will know that the HSE is well aware of anomalies such as are described. The grey area here is really the interface between the world of work (including those instructing in activity centres who should not be offered less protection than other workers anywhere else) and the world of leisure - where (hopefully) people make edeucated choices about the level of risk they are prepared to accept in an activity. We know from research that people are much more prepared to take risks in the latter position than the former. What we need is an informed debate about the role of the state in prescribing limitations on the risks people can elect to face. At present, when everyone is risk averse (including the HSE) what you get is a knee-jerk response every time something 'goes wrong', and an urge to gold-plate any Directive emerging from across the Channel. Allan

Posted By Eddie I don’t know the truth of any of this, just thought it was interesting. What about pot-holers? Confined spaces regs spring to mind .....

Posted By Dave Thomas getting out of the top bunk on a warship is also dangerous - especially after a tot of rum. Thats about 6ft high, so not to be taken lightly after too many beers either.