How important is Health and Safety really?
David Cant ~ CFIOSH
Trust me, I’m a safety professional. Making risk management in construction simple and effective for 20+ years. So far, so good - touch wood.
Health and Safety is important for everyone?
If you watched the BBC One drama ‘The `Interceptor’ recently, you will have heard Trevor Eve’s character, Roach, bawling at one of his employees:
“Oi lad, get those gloves off! You're a scaffolder! Health and safety is for girls and window cleaners.”
Predictably, the chastened junior duly removed his work gloves and continued moving heavy scaffolding poles unprotected. All very amusing and totally in line with the lack of moral fortitude one might expect of a guy who deals drugs on the side. Except that the blasé attitude towards health and safety is still a reality in some industries.
No laughing matter
Stories of elf n’ safety are all too common, making the serious matter of protecting workers and the public a popular joke. How can you not laugh at stories of children being forced to wear goggles when playing conkers, or the removal of city centre hanging baskets for fear of them falling on passersby?
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So over to you – share your health and safety horror stories. Or give us an example of a dangerous ego in your workplace.
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David Cant is a Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner extraordinaire. He has a wealth of Industry experience and is a Director at Veritas Consulting Safety Services.
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Safety and Resilience Manager
9 年David, I never realised the true importance on health and safety until I became ill at work. The far reaching impact an accident/illness can have on your life is absolutely shocking. I live daily with the fallout. I truly hope people can look past the ignorance of jokes about health and safety and protect themselves.