Reckoning with risk
Elliott, Chris ; Appleby, Mike
The Safety and Health Practitioner
2011
29
10
48-50
legislation ; responsibility ; occupational accidents ; occupational safety and health ; regulatory impact
Health and safety legislation
English
"The question of how safe is ‘safe enough' lies at the heart of the UK's health and safety legal system. Dr Chris Elliott and Mike Appleby explore the meaning of reasonably practicable.The impact of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (HSWA) has been startling. When it became law, the number of people killed at work in the UK was more than 650 a year; today, that figure has fallen to below 200. Even if other social and economic trends contributed to that improvement, credit must be given to this remarkable piece of legislation."
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