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1. Do you have any stories about dangerous clothing (either for the maker or the wearer)?
2. Have you ever had a job that you now consider as being bad for your health?
3. "All the dangerous jobs mentioned in the article no longer exist." Do you agree? Are these things all in the past?
4. In the UK, there is now a very strong culture of 'health and safety' at work. As a result, a lot of legislation has been passed to make workplaces safer. What's the situation in your country?
5. Do you think that people were more tolerant of risk in the past?
6. You've been offered your dream job, but it comes with certain health risks. Which of the below would you tolerate?
a) You've started your own small-scale manufacturing company whose processes involve using strong-smelling chemicals.
b) You work with world-leading experts in your speciality, but they are all heavy smokers, and smoking in the office is allowed.
c) You have invented a Covid testing device (the only one of its kind in the world), but its manufacture depends on making highly repetitive hand movements that lead to RSI (repetitive strain injury).
7. "We've exported all the dirty, dangerous jobs to China - it's their problem now." Do you agree?
8. What is the best way of avoiding working in dangerous environments in an economic slump?
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Situation
You are a health and safety official for your town/city. The major local employer is Andrew Industries, a manufacturer of plastic products. The local newspaper has reported on several of the firm's employees who are suffering from ill health (You decide on the symptoms).
Meet the firm's CEO (your teacher) and try to find out if the company has any dangerous work practices. Give advice where necessary.
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Discuss quotes
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
- Helen Keller
“To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while”
- Jean- Paul Sartre
"No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger."
- Heraclitus
“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live."
- Aristotle
"If you graduate from university, a pen is the heaviest tool you will have to lift."
- Anon
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