When we mention health and safety we automatically think about legislation and rules, people “butting in to prevent you doing your job”, where in-fact the rules and legislation are there to protect you the employer and your employees.
In the UK we have the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) helping to prevent needless accidents and injuries. However, in some countries, they are not as fortunate, and have no authorative health and safety body – meaning accidents can occur at any time with higher frequency than in the UK, as the following images demonstrate…
1. We all too often take health and safety for granted, can you imagine cycling down your local high street with this load on your back?
2. The reason we have maximum height warning barriers. This ‘misunderstanding’ will cost the driver and his insurance company much more than just the cost of the cement.
3. The importance of doing a proper risk assessment and insuring that all your equipment is fit for use. Employees have to be trained by competent and qualified people.
4. When employing people it’s worthwhile checking that they have a basic knowledge of the local language, check your spelling and check again sometimes mistakes cannot be rectified easily.
When we assess our work situation, we often carry out risk assessments that looks at each hazard and identifies who might be harmed and ways to prevent an accident from happening. However, if we don’t pay attention to our own circumstances, accidents will occur, we all have a duty to pay attention to what we are doing and not be easily distracted.
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Good to see someone with similar views. A good piece of info and an interesting website. Our focus tends to be on ensuring the equipment being used (and indeed the worker) is safe for use before they start. Fell free to check our inspection systems out at http://www.goodtogosafety.co.uk or our blogs at http://goodtogosafety.blogspot.com/