[Peter_]

Originally Posted by martyh

I have worked on many ,many building sites and each and every one has there own H&S rules unique to the main contractor who follows HSE regulations such as hard hats, boots, high viz,etc and then they supplement these with there own ,which are then further supplemented by sub contractor rules .
Example ,nowhere in HSE rules does it say that ladders cannot be used and yet one company i worked with does not allow ladders on site as part of their own h&s rules which any company is perfectly at liberty to do.The good thing though is that the HSE can be contacted if there is a worry that some jumped up jerk compromises H&S by enforcing ill thought out rules such as the no ladder rule and they can overrule ,i personally have been involved in such a case

I am talking about the law not petty little rules that companies try to use which in many cases are illegal for which they can be prosecuted.