H&S is a state of mind, I was involved in Heavy Engineering and wrote risk assessments for some big jobs and was responsible daily for safety. I was sent on a course with some work colleagues to London, the course had a cross section of people on it, interestingly there where people who saw risks in open draws and cables not secured with cable ties as big issues, crossing the road was fraught with untold dangers and shouldn't be allowed unless in the right area. We who where responsible for REAL safety 100 foot scaffolds large load lifts etc had a totally different view of safety, that bothered the others. Common Sense is the answer but unfortunately the H&S excuse has become an easy cop out for people not to think the extra yard and put solutions in place, in the real world, of engineering that is the norm
Keith