When my safety career started, back in the mid 1990s, health and safety literature typical consisted of deep volumes of hard backed encyclopaedia-style books, chockfull of regulations and case law.
It just goes to show how much things have changed when, today, we can pick up a pocket-sized paperback, just 93 pages, packed full of stats, stories and anecdotes that will really get you thinking.
This time round Marsh and Sharman have taken famous movie quotes and have cleverly related them to situations in society, which have an impact on health and safety, giving it a really broad appeal.
The book has large bold graphics and text and is in a format that will snugly fit inside your back pocket, ideal to pull out when sitting on the bus, waiting for a train or just relaxing down the pub. In fact, it is written in a style that feels like the authors are chatting to you over a pint, asking you, the reader, the questions, making it highly thought provoking.
For people that still think health and safety is about clipboards and checking fire extinguishers, show them this and disprove the perception. I bet they will even pause to read a few pages.
Simon Toseland is compliance services director for Salisbury FM Group.
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