I began my career in 1993, the same year that the Six Pack was introduced, so have grown up with them, and their application has formed a large part of the advice I have given organisations over the years. My work has particularly been around helping companies comply with the DSE Regulations, the Manual Handling [...]
Predicting risk is central to prevention
13 December 2012 by
It’s been twenty years since the implementation of six wide-ranging workplace health & safety regulations which came be known as the ‘Six Pack’. These regulations presented many organisations with a significant challenge: what do we mean by risk management? This approach of assessing, reducing and monitoring risk – what do we have to do? Many [...]
Risk assessment changes with the times
13 December 2012 by
The six pack – it’s all good, or is it? Twenty years ago, the so-called ‘Six Pack’ came into effect and promised to shake up health and safety in Europe, especially with regards to manual handling, use of work equipment and display screen equipment. One of the general principles concerned the assessment of risk. Arguably, [...]
Regulations that raised workers’ expectations about health & safety
13 December 2012 by
It was twenty years ago that I started my first job as a consultant ergonomist. This was just in time for the ‘Six Pack’, not the rippling muscular kind but a compendium of blue books bedecked with the European Community yellow stars that dominated the first years of working as an ergonomist. These Regulations covered [...]
