Fred Says.................

[nickyboy]

The problem is, if someone wants to shun H&S regs and do their own thing, that's fine, but what happens to the other people involved if something goes wrong? The ambulance, medics, nurses, families etc. It's all got to be paid for, so no matter how little the person cares about H&S, it's not really their call to make. That's how I interpret it anyway.

Except it's not fine. If I'm an employer and fail to enforce reasonable H&S regulations then I, the employer, has some liability for the consequences

So if an employee (or someone who comes onto my site) chooses to disregard the regulations and I do nothing about this and the employee injures themselves, I'm liable