sandie Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Health and Safety has caused so many problems. Children are not allowed to be children. Industry is bieing choked by stupid laws, Schools have been closed and are unable to provide the educational trips, because of Health and Safety. The fear is a compensation culture. I would welcome a common sence approach to return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimsid2000 Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Is it this terrible nanny state we keep hearing about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosxuk Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Health & Safety, and a greater awareness of it's requirements, has caused virtually no problems, infact, considering the number of lives saved and accidents prevented, it must be on a hefty overall positive effect for society. Ambulance chasing lawyers and people deciding that nobody ever has an accident has caused every single one of those problems. If the "where there's blame, there's a claim" adverts were banned, and the "H&S Officer" positions were sent on a "how to use common sense" course (which isn't run by the insurance company), the vast majority of the issues listed would never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogs Of War Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Health & Safety, and a greater awareness of it's requirements, has caused virtually no problems, infact, considering the number of lives saved and accidents prevented, it must be on a hefty overall positive effect for society. Ambulance chasing lawyers and people deciding that nobody ever has an accident has caused every single one of those problems. If the "where there's blame, there's a claim" adverts were banned, and the "H&S Officer" positions were sent on a "how to use common sense" course (which isn't run by the insurance company), the vast majority of the issues listed would never happen. I agree with you about the Ambulance chasers . these companys need banning,and legislation needs bringing in to make it illegal to set up these companies. only then we may stand a chance of the `elf n safety ` regulations applied using common sense. ALSO, we need a fresh look at how `elf n safety ` officers are trained( more emphsis placed on common sense instead of training them to be jobsworths). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Health & Safety, and a greater awareness of it's requirements, has caused virtually no problems, infact, considering the number of lives saved and accidents prevented, it must be on a hefty overall positive effect for society. Ambulance chasing lawyers and people deciding that nobody ever has an accident has caused every single one of those problems. If the "where there's blame, there's a claim" adverts were banned, and the "H&S Officer" positions were sent on a "how to use common sense" course (which isn't run by the insurance company), the vast majority of the issues listed would never happen. No win, no fee ambulance chasers are an easy target but there is in fact very little evidence of an increase in compensation claims. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7387796.stm The reality is that the myth of a compensation culture makes good press, we all like a good whinge about some do gooding council banning conkers or telling scaffolders they can't use ladders. The stories are ridiculous and more often than not made up or embellishments on the truth to such an extent than on investigation you can see there was a point, just not one that was being reported. Not only do these make good stories for us to read and think how superior we are, it also serves the purpose of creating a distrust of the very laws and regulations that help to prevent the recklessness of corporate killers and the only people that have any interest in the spread of this myth. The frontpage of hazards at the moment make a point about inspections: http://www.hazards.org/ The real criminals in H&S are not the officers, the victims or the lawyers. They are the reckless employers that don't treat staff safety with the priority it deserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 No win, no fee ambulance chasers are an easy target but there is in fact very little evidence of an increase in compensation claims. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7387796.stm The reality is that the myth of a compensation culture makes good press, we all like a good whinge about some do gooding council banning conkers or telling scaffolders they can't use ladders. The stories are ridiculous and more often than not made up or embellishments on the truth to such an extent than on investigation you can see there was a point, just not one that was being reported. Not only do these make good stories for us to read and think how superior we are, it also serves the purpose of creating a distrust of the very laws and regulations that help to prevent the recklessness of corporate killers and the only people that have any interest in the spread of this myth. The frontpage of hazards at the moment make a point about inspections: http://www.hazards.org/ The real criminals in H&S are not the officers, the victims or the lawyers. They are the reckless employers that don't treat staff safety with the priority it deserves. Most sensible post I've read on this subject on this forum ever. I applaud you. If there was a smiley for it, I would anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 ...... If there was a smiley for it, I would anyway. Just for you ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falpere Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Health and Safety has caused so many problems. Children are not allowed to be children. Industry is bieing choked by stupid laws, Schools have been closed and are unable to provide the educational trips, because of Health and Safety. The fear is a compensation culture. I would welcome a common sence approach to return Health and safety has prevented far more problems than it has caused. Hope this return is common sense enough for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Rich Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Health and Safety has caused so many problems. Children are not allowed to be children. Industry is bieing choked by stupid laws, Schools have been closed and are unable to provide the educational trips, because of Health and Safety. The fear is a compensation culture. I would welcome a common sence approach to return Expect accidents to go up in the workplace now as safety is abandend so that more profit can be be made for the board of directors. We will return to what Dickens described as 'machines that chopped people up.' Don't we just love life under the Tories. We will be returning not to the eighties but to the Victorian Era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosey Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Just for you ....... Ooh where's that one?! I feel I'm missing out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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