Posted By Tony Brunskill Paulo, Yes under the main act in the UK Practitioners can be criminally liable for their technical advice or lack of it. Tony

Posted By Ian Waldram IOSH has a Code of Conduct which summarises our members' ethical responsibilities - details available on the "About IOSH" webpage, or search for Code of Conduct. Part of that document is about the procedure if someone believes a member has breached the code - but the first part is positive and explains what members are expected to do in a range of circumstances. Although an OSH advisor can be prosecuted if they fail to perform their duties competently, it's an extremely rare event, both in UK and elsewhere in the world. Only one case is generally quoted in UK, and it's quite controversial - many impartial observers feel the individual may, or may not, have made an error of judgement in recommending priorities improvement actions to an employer with several serious deficiencies, but he was also 'unlucky' because a serious injury occurred in an area he judged to be lower priority than some others. However, I don't believe he ever really put his side of the argument in court, so the judgement stands against him. There is another case in Singapore, linked to fatalities in a confined space and the Safety Officer who certified it as safe to work in. I'm not aware that it has yet been settled, though it first came to court over 12 months ago. The employer is being prosecuted as well.

Posted By nigel Paulo, have you worked as a health and safety manager in brasil before? I am moving to brasil at the end of April and thought my chances of finding work in health and safety there as zero! i know they have 'safety engineers' there...who i believe cover health and safety responsibilties also....but have not seen positions for health and safety manager there as a stand-alone position thanks! Nigel