tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43248389077709385672012-01-04T17:25:21.796-08:00My job is occupational health and safety, but in this place I break safety nerd's clipboards over their silly hard hatsSafetyProhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289522338856872565noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324838907770938567.post-77237989601069390622011-01-17T16:31:00.000-08:002011-01-20T17:11:29.295-08:00

After the last car chase death, the Candor Trust spokesperson Rachael Ford appeared on TVNZ News. She wanted any measures taken by the cops, in the course of protecting our property and our safety, to “fit the crime”. Her manner is hideously unattractive and there is an offhanded arrogance about her. She fills me with the dread I only reserve for those haughty, blithering, egotistical types you

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How many times have we found that organisations claiming to have long and distinguished “zero accident” records are simply kidding themselves? They may even believe their own all-important statistics, but the fact is, all they are doing is pushing reality underground and bringing on the next disaster by a culture of fear and blame. Why are boards of directors and senior executives so purile as

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Anyone who has read my other blogs or articles on the website will know me as a highly vociferous critic of what has become known as "health and safety gone mad". They will also know, therefore, that I have largely concluded that it's not the rules that are wrong, it's the way they are being interpreted by lazy, arse covering bureaucrats and church committees. These people are bereft of

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Every year, my volunteer firefighter colleagues and I take part in the local santa parade. This isn't your big city affair, just a 20 minute cruise down our local main street. Fire engine lights and sirens, a wave to the kiddies, hand out a few lollies and go home. Everyone loves it, the guys get a bit of recognition and the kids get tooth decay. Been that way for years. Of course, we all knew

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I have the solutions, so don’t panic. It should have been clear to anyone with half a brain and it should have been done 40 years ago but no one had the vision or political will. They still don’t, so it’s up to me to rant and rave. First, let’s go back in time. To November 26th 1979 to be precise. At some point or another, I would have had to admit that I’m not a native of these shores and

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I can’t help but think that we are well overdue for a very long awaited re-adjustment in the way we deal with individual responsibility in society. For decades we have been moving inexorably down a path, initiated by Grey People, of subjugating everything “individual” in favour of the common good, the group, the community, the disadvantaged, the minority, our cultural and personal safety and

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Lily livered bureaucratsMore in the ongoing and entertaining developments in the UK health and safety arena, where there is a refreshing campaign by safety authorities, politicians and lately, the insurance industry, to counter silly “jobsworths” who give health and safety a bad name.Lily-livered bureaucrats have been hiding behind “health and safety” to avoid personal responsibility or the

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Last week, Richard Hammond, otherwise known affectionately as "Hamster" by his co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May, crashed a jet car while performing a speed run for the top rating BBC programme "Top Gear". There was a collective sucking in of breath from the safety vultures. It seems Richard will survive. All Top Gear fans (and there are millions around the globe) are waiting

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The New Zealand Fire Service is in a dangerous business. They walk into places when we are running out. It's their job. Tempting, perhaps, to assume that accepting danger is part of the deal. But the Fire Service Commission has the same OHS responsibilities to their employees as any other employer. They just can't walk away when the going gets tough. In common with any emergency service, whether

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