Mug’s game? Excessive risk aversion

Would you pay a health and safety consultant £200 to produce a 17-page document highlighting the risks to your staff of making a cup of tea? East Hertfordshire Council has, and claims it was money well spent. But were the council taking a sensible precaution or was it a case of health and safety overkill? The story can now join ranks with others on excessive risk aversion including hanging baskets being banned in case they fall on someone, trapeze artists being made to wear hard ha... (297 more words)

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