Workstation assessment

Early workstation assessment
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Spanish Health and Safety

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Spanish Health and Safety, originally uploaded by kenpeace.

A beautifully wired light in a bar in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia Spain. Part of an ongoing series as I snap the odd picture everytime when I see good candidates.

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Asprin

A man goes in for an interview for a job as a safety officer. The interview went quite well but the trouble was he kept winking and nodding his head.
The interviewer said,
“Although you have a lot of the qualities we’re looking for, the fact that you keep winking and nodding your head disqualifies you.”

“Oh, that’s no problem,” said the safety man. “If I take a couple of aspirin I stop winking and nodding my head for an hour.”
“Show me,” said the interviewer.

So the safety pro reached into his pocket. Embarrassingly he pulled out loads of condoms of every variety , before he found the packet of aspirin. He took the aspirin and soon stopped winking and nodding.

The interviewer said, “That’s amazing, but I don’t think we could employ someone who’d be womanising all over the country.”
“Excuse me!” exclaimed the safety pro, “I’m a happily married man, not a womaniser!”

“Well how do you explain all the condoms, then?” asked the interviewer.
The safety expert replied,
“Have you ever gone into a pharmacy, winking and nodding, and asked for a packet of aspirin?”
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Myth: HSE bans this, that and the other

The reality

There have been many reports of HSE, and health and safety law, being responsible for banning all sorts of things. For example, flip flops at work, knitting in hospitals, school sports days, a charity Christmas swim and even cuddly toys on dustbin lorries.

Actually, HSE has banned very little outright, apart from a very few high-risk exceptions (e.g. asbestos which kills over 5,000 individuals a year). HSE believes that health and safety should be about taking practical steps to manage real risks, not bureaucracy leading to the banning of everyday activities.

Next time you hear of a ‘ban’, if in doubt check it out.
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Myth: Even Mr Punch needs a written risk assessment

The reality

A Punch and Judy man received a standard letter from an event organiser asking him to submit a health and safety risk assessment. However when he questioned the need for it, they ‘backed-off’ and no paperwork was required. It sounds like wires got crossed somewhere and perhaps the standard letter was sent in error.

HSEs guidance is clear: if there is genuinely no significant risk, nothing needs to be written down.

If a written assessment is needed – keep it fit for purpose, and crucially: act on it. Paperwork without action does no one any good.
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