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Old 17-10-2010, 01:09   #2
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Re: Health and Safety review

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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
At long last someone has stepped up and tackled the minefield that is H&S legislation in this country .H&S legislation costs companies millions of pounds a year and much of it is needless and pointless ,it is often interpreted wrongly leading to excessive costs to a company

A subject that is constantly on my mind as i work in the construction industry ,an industry that is full of H&S conflicts and bordering on downright dangerous

Lord Young was asked to report to David Cameron back in june and this is his report
http://www.number10.gov.uk/wp-conten...nSense_acc.pdf

it covers everything from schools to local fetes ,office workers to builders
now lets hope the government act on it
Martyh, it's probably a good idea to read these type of reports before citing them as some sort of placebo for what you think you want to hear.

By way of example I give you Lord Youngs comment contained in the Executive Summary, paragraph one thereof wherein he states thus:-

"In my review of the workings of this Act, none of my recommendations applies to hazardous occupations where the present system, although probably overly bureaucratic, is nevertheless effective in reducing accidents at work".

See what he did there? Yes, that's right, he just kept you in work replacing the windows and doors in thousands of council property dwellings for the forseeable future.

Are you in a rush to end up on the dole?
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