• Duty of Reasonable Care
• Unacceptability of Putting Health and Safety of People at Risk
• Society's Attitude to Moral Obligations

Legal Reasons for Managing Health and Safety

• Preventative Measures (e.g. Enforcement Notices)
• Punitive Measures (e.g. Criminal Sanctions)
• Compensatory Effects (e.g. Civil Claim)
• Principle of Self-Regulation
  • Internal rules and standards that exceed minimum legal requirement

• Direct Costs
  • Insurance cover increased
  • Compensation Payments
  • Fines
  • Damage to the environment, property, equipment and materials
  • Lost time of injured person
• Indirect Costs
  • Drop in production/service (worker morale low etc.)
  • Lost time by supervisors/managers (investigation etc.)
  • Specialists (legal advice/defence, public confidence etc.)