Good response Peter. I recall in my WorkSafe days listening to an ad on the radio by a company peddling their H&S wares, assuring prospective clients that in the event of an accident they would 'deal' with regulator on their clients behalf. I just shook my head!

If this is true then its a classic case of the failure to adopt a proportionate risk management approach. Too many businesses major on the minor issues while at the same time fail to address their critical risks. It reminds me of an oil company, that following the collapse of an access stairwell due to corrosion on a rig that resulted in serious injury to two employees, found that they had a policy on people needing to have lids on their coffee cups when using the stairs...but no documented programme of maintenance regarding the integrity of the stairwell itself.