Operating an effective safety health and environmental policy

Living is a risky business. Taking risks begins in childhood, and continues throughout our lives and into old age, when many accidents are associated with confusion and forgetfulness. Sometimes we are aware of the risks we take; other times we are not.The likelihood of personal harm, even disaster, in our lives is often influenced by: where we liveour lifestyle and the company we keepour own attitude to riskthe attitude to risk taken by others eg our employer, our favourite café, our local train operator, our…