First word: Dealing with contractors can be tricky in that there can be
many a slip twit the operational cup and the lips by way of whose or which safety
rule should apply, given that both parties have their own rulebooks on how safety
is to be managed in their respective businesses. Such that if the two sides do
not move to agree on a common front ahead of time they’re likely to end up with
gaps and conflicts potentially harmful to the common interest as a situation of
‘one rule for them and one for us’ can rapidly take shape which can in turn, translate
to different safety rules, different standards, different approaches, different
interpretations and different philosophies within same work enclosure. Nothing leads
to chaos and confusion faster than that, seeing how The Right to Choose is not exactly compatible with good
workplace safety management. It places a serious and conspicuous question mark
on the overall safety of the site. So if contractor employees feel that it is
ok to c…