Health and safety legislation

[RobArb]

if you had to chose a current and contraversial element to current health and safety legislations what would it be?

 

there are a lot of controversies out there regarding our job and this industry but if you could chose to identify one issue that affects you in particular, what would it be?

 

i've thought of a few to get going but opinions from other people would be great...

 

Is our PPE we use adequate? Is some of it neccessary ie gloves?

 

What about experience vs training, a bit like driving a car... A lot of people can pass the test but does that mean the job can be done straight away?

 

Should we even climb at all - MEWP use etc

 

 

Any other ideas?

[treequip]

College project?

[RobArb]

haha yeah, just trying to do a bit of brainstorming...

 

got a good idea but want to see if somebody else mentions the subject i'm going to do..

to see if it is actually relevant to current legislations

[RobRainford]

i did the same project last year, on a very similar subject, i did it on training and CPD.

 

ill see what i can dig out, i had some problems with the powerpoint presentation which didnt fair too well for me.

[RobArb]

cheers rob,

 

any other ideas anyone?

[RobArb]

bumpety bump

[jrose]

just because you mentioned gloves, I thought I'd post this...

 

I never wear chainsaw gloves, I am self employed so as far as I'm aware I'm not breaking any rules just guidelines. I do have a pair that live in the truck, but they very rarely see use only when I'm working with someone I haven't worked with before and want to show H+S awareness.

 

Why? A significant amount of my work is with blackthorn/hawthorn, gorse and bramble - hedgelaying and scrub clearance. I have yet to find a pair of chainsaw gloves that can last for any amount of time. To my mind, it's more of a risk if my hands are constantly getting torn up then I'm more likely to get some sort of infection or lose control of the saw. And if I was buying a £20 pair of chainsaw gloves every week to replace the old pair, that's yet another expense I can't really afford at the moment!

 

I do wear all other PPE, and wouldn't have someone work for me who didn't. But, I couldn't care less if you wear proper gloves or not.

 

hope this helps...

[RobArb]

it does thanks:thumbup: anymore?

[RobRainford]

Gross have you not looked into some tougher needle resistant gloves? May be a bit more expensive but will protect your hands against thorns. Other than that get used to being stabbed and go for cheaper pairs of gloves?

[Highland Forestry]

Get a pair of stabproof gloves, will cost you about £15 from a good industrial supplies shop - theyre made of woven kevlar and should stop gorse, thorn etc.