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@allshookup
I make a living providing health and safety advice in the construction industry. After ten years or so of doing the job Its clear to me that it's a good thing; stops people getting hurt (or fucked in the ass as someone else put it earlier). Yes of course there's shitloads of laws and rules to follow, but mainly these are driven by employers wishing to avoid hurting people for legal, financial and moral reasons....net result is generally safer nicer places to be and work. Whats wrong with that? The daily mail is a shocker for fuelling the myths about H & S ( remember bonkers conkers?) and the crappy bullshit stuff is mainly is about risk adverse companies with high profiles reducing chances of getting sued. Having said that, some H & S pro's sometimes seem to come up with bureacratic and impractical solutions where other approaches could wokr better IMO.