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Re: [LUG] Health and Safety

 

On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 11:07 +0100, tom wrote: 
> On 08/10/10 10:58, Keith Abraham wrote:
> > ...
> > Firms often, to safeguard costs, will contract other firms only if the 
> > firm conforms to a specific ISO quality assurance standard. Within the 
> > quality ISO will be a H&S requirement which is often OTT/inappropriate 
> > for the task.
> >
> > In these situations you will often find things such as notices 
> > exasperate or even raise bewildered smile.
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
> Why is it that the quality of quality assurance is generally so abysmal?
> Tom te tom te tom
> 
> 

... and ISO9001 doesn't mandate any particular H&S activity. The only
link is through the effect of management of resources and workplace
environment on customer satisfaction. The only area where H&S would
impact a Quality Management System is with regard to Corrective and
Preventive Action - and of course if a company wasn't complying with
their own H&S procedures.

Phil



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