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Originally Posted by Neil
A lot of it is just common sense put into writing for those that dont have any.
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Neil, you are spot on.
People assume that 'Common Sense' is, well,
common. It
isn't.....not one little bit common.
Whe I was nursing, our Senior Tutor.......Miss Frankland, told us that we should abandon that phrase, and instead use 'application of knowledge'....but that isn't foolproof either, because some people have knowledge but don't know how to apply it in different circumstances to what they were taught.....they cannot transfer known things to apply to new situations.
Then there are those poor unfortunate souls who do not have the knowledge in the first place.
You cannot assume people have either knowledge of the ability to transfer what they do have into new situations....this is how H&S was formulated....and that is why, in large corporations/organsiations, there are protocols, risk assessments and H&S guidelines.
In law, every employer
has to have them....and if they don't and there is an accident/incident that should have been prevented by H&S protocols that are not documented or in place, then the employer is in for big financial penalties.