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Common Courtesy at Indoor Gyms 5-May-2006 At 3:00:06 PM brat

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Quote "If you have a good OH&S officer then they will be open to suggestions and learning."

OH&S is driven by economics, not concern!

The situations I outlined are a few of many, I'm a contractor going to a dozen sites a year, the only defining point is that the job must be done, within a set of rules that are "one size fit's all"!

As you pointed out, "Jewellery around the neck can lead to strangulation around moving machinery", ask your nearest friendly rigger/scaffolder/dogman how much moving machinery they work with....none, by definition it must be isoloated before we get near it! The jewellery rule is because of process workers!

The harness rule is because of untrained/unsuitable personel or unsafe environment, not because riggers/scaffolders/dogmen have a poor safety record!

Sorry but we'll agree to disagree on this forever, and I'm not Robinson Crusoe!