The Reality: How could there be a health and safety law on this? The simple answer is, there isn’t. It seems that the story eminated from a decision by a facility manager and has no basis in law at all. There are no such bench requirements and no inspectors will be round to measure benches! Read more »
The Myth. New regulations would require trapeze artists to wear hard hats
The Reality: Despite being widely reported at the time and regularly repeated since, this story is utter nonsense. There never were any such regulations. Hard hats are very useful on a building site but on a trapeze …… Read more »
The Myth: Children were banned from riding at a donkey derby.
The Reality: It was reported that the HSE had banned children from riding donkeys in a donkey derby and they had to be replaced with inflatable sheep. In reality, as is often the case, it appears to have been as a result of the cost of the insurance premium. Donkey derbies take place regularly around [...] Read more »
The Myth. Workers are banned from putting up Christmas decorations in the office
The Reality: Each year we hear of companies banning their workers from putting up Christmas decorations in their offices for “health and safety” reasons, or requiring the work to be done by a qualified person. Most organisations including HSE and local councils manage to put up their decorations without a fuss. They just sensibly provide [...] Read more »
