Judith Hackitt's 'Risk Assessment'
HSE's chair Judith Hackitt looks at some of the health and safety stories that didn't hit the headlines - and the facts behind some that did.
HSE's chair Judith Hackitt looks at some of the health and safety stories that didn't hit the headlines - and the facts behind some that did.
03 April 2013
It’s 12 months now since the launch of the Myth Busters Challenge Panel, which has been a real success. It has probably done more than any other initiative to get behind the headlines and set the record straight about health and safety. It’s far from job done but we are making good progress.
We’ve uncovered and exposed abuses and misuses of health and safety right across Britain, and seen ‘health and safety’ trotted out to justify all sorts of ridiculous decisions.
In this regular blog, the HSE chair Judith Hackitt will cast her eye over developments in the world of health and safety - many of which go unnoticed by the media.
She will give her own assessment of some of the underlying issues in the public debate about how we manage risk in British workplaces, and make a strong case for putting common sense and proportionate decision making at the heart of our approach.
While some stories speak for themselves, others bear a closer analysis and through this blog Judith Hackitt will offer her perspective as the woman leading Britain's workplace safety and health watchdog.
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