13th July 2005, 10:45 PM
Is the general crapness of archaeological H&S any different from that evident in the construction industry? The big sites I've worked on where there was a dedicated H&S person were among the worst for really stupid accidents. The inductions were always a joke, and one of the H&S blokes got fired for taking no action over numerous accidents. It got to the point where near death accidents were kept quiet because the real H&S boys had threatened to shut the project down if there were any more accidents. For once I was glad to be an archaeologist when it came to the H&S!