P39 of Common Sense Common Safety. “I recommend that the HSE produce clear separate guidance… focussed on the lower risks associated with SMEs.” I wonder if these are examples of the SMEs that he had in mind? http://news.hse.gov.uk/2.../?eban=rss-press-release http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2010/coi-se-1410.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/press/2010/coi-nw-39gap.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/pr...2010/coi-sw-831sww10.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/pr...nw-56fencingsupplies.htm

Lower risks associated with SME's? = Somebody needs to point Lord Young in the right direction as the risk present has no bearing on the size of the company in many cases especially so as apparently >80% of all companies are SME's who work in all industrial sectors SME examples: Arbourists, Blacktop gangs, Cornershop offlicence, Sewer gangs, Scaffolder gangs, Gangmaster areas, builders etc; the list goes on and on And 'suitable and sufficient 'comes to mind when I look at some RA examples given by experts; as its only a judge [&/or possibly a jury] that will decide if a RA is suitable and sufficient and the trap of thinking 'this is the HSE example so I am covered' needs to be avoided as the very same people providing an example will be looking for holes when they prosecute and they will find them