What EVIDENCE have you got that we COULD have the good side of H&S without the bad side?
I know of almost NO legislation where you get NOTHING but the 'good' side! Please give me examples of legislation covering SUCH a wide area as H&S where it DOES only give a 'positive' side and then I'll do two things:-
1) Test the examples you give 2) Vote for you when you stand for election to REPEAL the H&S laws.
While I expect you to fail in that task, I'll stick with my slightly more adult view of the H&S laws: they do cause lot OF INCONVENIENCE BUT they DO save lives! As an atheist, I find that as pretty damned important!
Your example on 'lifting' is a JOKE! The DAMAGE done to people's lives by back injuries is HUGE and it is one of THE most common causes ill-health and loss of man-hours. 99% of the public do NOT knows how to lift things PROPERLY without TRAINING. Show me ANY evidence that people do NOT give themselves back-injuries by lifting the WRONG item or lifting BADLY and I'll accept your point! 100% of the evidence shows that people lift object WRONGLY and that is a MAJOR cuase of back injures! That's going to be a CRACKER!
Ian
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