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Posted By Jason Gould
Conkers and tree cutting.
Need we say more,
Being somewhat ammused at what GMTV has been reporting over the past couple of days I have to ask myself, who is comming up with these suggestions.
I have to admit that when fresh out in the safety field I too was a little over-reactive on some issues but having read some of the threads and spoken to other safety managers I have hopefully managed to gain a reasonable perspective on hazards and risks.
I am just wondering if some of the safety courses out there are now fueling this kind of approach.
Fresh from the Nebosh cert I was like a bull at the gate. Everything related to work was dodgy or not being done correctly.
Then the dip 1 which led me to believe that companies can get a hard time if they are not fully aware of the law side of things i.e. responsibilites, defence blah blah.
Dip 2 yet to discover so by far I am no expert.
Then a couple of safety related jobs where senior safety amnagers have chilled me out a little.
I would like to hear some of your opinions on the way you perceived risk, hazards in your early days and how these changed through time in the job. I think when some of our more experienced safety managers give us their perspectives and experiences, us newer guys/and girls may take a more realistic approach.
Thanks in advance
Jason (a mere techsp)
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Posted By Ken Taylor
I can remember a time before HASAWA had been invented. Little paperwork was needed by employers - other than a few statutory notices and certificates and the safety officer worked with check-lists based upon the Factories Act 1961 and the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 together with (hopefully) a measure of common sense and information on previous accidents and court decisions. Time was generally spent visiting workplaces and telling management what to do in order to make things safer and avoid prosecution if an accident occurred.
Things seem to be generally safer these days but paperwork, e-mails and computer-based records have taken over and I am aware of safety practitioners who spend most of their time in the office producing and recycling information to send out to others. We also had a teachers' union telling their members not to take children on school trips in case they get sued and lawyers encouraging employees and others to sue authorities and employers on the assumption that if someone has had an accident it must be someone else's fault and it could be less expensive to pay up than go through an extensive costly and time-consuming defence.
I just wonder where things will have gone in the next 40 years.
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