Now that’s what I call health and safety!
Back in the April issue Tim wrote:
Dear editor,
I‘m the site health and safety advisor for a construction project on an existing electricity sub-station and, during a recent period of heavy rain, when it was too wet to go on site, I took the opportunity to run a fun session on health and safety law – not usually the most light-hearted of subjects!
The basic idea was to inform the site workers about H&S law, and to explain why we do certain things in certain ways on site. The workers were split into groups of five, and they each discussed the relevance of a particular piece of legislation to our site activities.
To keep the interest going, each group was asked to write down any song titles they thought might be relevant to that regulation, there being no right or wrong suggestions. This proved an excellent way of keeping the workers motivated and the result was the pop chart below!
The chart has been displayed on site and has been exceptionally well received by all who have seen it. I recommend other safety advisors to use the idea, as it certainly kept my workers interested and the actual chart gives a view of health and safety legislation from a different – and fun – angle.
Here’s Tim’s top 10
1 Legislation: Health & Safety at Work etc Act
Song: Do you really want to hurt me?
Artist: Culture Club
2 Legislation: Construction (Design &Management) Regulations
Song: Another brick in the wall
Artist: Pink Floyd
3 Legislation: COSHH
Song: Toxic
Artist: Britney Spears
4 Legislation: PPE Regulations
Song: You can leave your hat on
Artist: Tom Jones
5 Legislation: Control of Noise at Work Regulations
Song: Silence is golden
Artist: The Tremeloes
6 Legislation: Work at Height Regulations
Song: You raise me up
Artist: Westlife
7 Legislation: Confined Spaces Regulations
Song: Take my breath away
Artist: Berlin
8 Legislation: PUWER
Song: JCB Song
Aritist: Nizlopi
9 Legislation: Manual Handling Operations Regulations
Song: Hard to handle
Artist: Black Crowes
10 Legislation: Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations
Song: Bleeding love
Artist: Leona Lewis
So now you’ve seen Tim’s efforts, why not have a go yourself. Jut click on the ‘Comment on this story’ link below, fill in your name and email address and give us your song suggestions.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Now that’s what I call health and safety!
What is the ultimate health and safety legislation playlist? Inspired by a letter sent in by Tim Burrow to Mailshot earlier this year, we are asking you for your ideas on the songs that will keep health and safety legislation at the forefront of peoples' minds. Once we have all the entries in, we'll compile a chart of the best suggestions.
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