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The Health and Safety Executive has recently published a new video called
Real People in which it dispels some 'elf n safety' myths, and highlights
the reason why we do what we do. Quite simply to save lives!
Our day to day jobs as health and safety professionals can very often be
faced with negativity towards our goal of saving lives, but this video may
just help you turn some of that negativity into a real positive step forward
for some.
View the HSE's video here - Real People
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The company I currently work for has a fairly poor safety culture which I'm
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the room and totally ignor whats been said!!!
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