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Hello all friends old and new; I am back on my feet albiet now unemployed due to a restructuring of my deparment whilst I was recovering. I am looking now to change direction as I am not quite as able as I was. As a career move I cannot recommend breaking your neck... it has a tendency to stop every...

Hello from one lucky to still be here Tweety! I had the surgery for the broken neck on 31st August; this involved removal of two herniated discs and the separation of C6 which was then drilled to shape and the bits then cemented to build up the other side. Two artificial spacers were put into the ne...

audit ... observe

Safety sorry that you find yourself in that position. I have, as they unfortunately say, been there, done that and got the t-shirt; i went down screaming and have been sidelined to adminstration of H&S on a bigger scale; but thankfully away from the responsibility point! Our company H&S atti...

Each person should be issued with their own set of telephone headsets. However, if they are to be shared or passed on each person should have replacement ear pad covers and microphone cover.
There is lots of guidance on the sharing or not of headsets on HSE website under call centres.

AdrianW wrote:

tweetybird wrote:watching the pennies ... watching the detectives ....

(do these all have to be H&S related?)

Yes, it has to be safety related - try again

Watching the pennies .... manual handling

I have a man and a step ladder (risk assessed, of course) as they try to fix the old TV arial into the offices so that they can watch the match this afternoon..... what a superb use of expensive contract electricians when we have lights that he should be fixing ...but no .... the danger of staff eru...

watching the pennies ... watching the detectives ....

(do these all have to be H&S related?)

Road traffic accidents come outside the remit of H&S department here, as they are not under the auspices of any H&S legislation and are controlled by Road Traffic Acts and investigated by the Police; they are not reportable under RIDDOR and they are in general outside the control or scope of...

rehabilitation .... accident acquired brain injury

not true account of .......... creative reporting

I have always found that auditors from external organisations are pretty helpful, if you listen to them. They only get paid by their client if the get the results so they are not out to 'fail' anyone. Be full and honest with them as they dont like being 'fobbed off'. Discussion about any points or s...