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Told one of my jobs was non-compliant & I had ripped off my customer
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<blockquote data-quote="Rob." data-source="post: 462466" data-attributes="member: 27131"><p>Exactly the same thing happens when designing safety systems for say a chemical plant. </p><p></p><p>You could eliminate 99.9% of the risk of an explosion or process malfunction that could potentially kill somebody. However this is going to cost £50,000,000.00 to implement. However, they could just eliminate 95% of the risk with only £1,000,000.00. Which do you think is going to happen? I've made these values up by the way, but it's what I work with on a day to day basis. It's a little bit more complicated than that but you get the idea. An yes, there is a formula for working out how much a persons life is worth.</p><p></p><p>Clearly this example is far more extreme than a domestic situation, and can't really compare. The regs are worded almost the same. Risk has to be brought down to an acceptable level. An acceptable level isn't a set figure. It's got to meet a minimum, but no absolute. </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob., post: 462466, member: 27131"] Exactly the same thing happens when designing safety systems for say a chemical plant. You could eliminate 99.9% of the risk of an explosion or process malfunction that could potentially kill somebody. However this is going to cost £50,000,000.00 to implement. However, they could just eliminate 95% of the risk with only £1,000,000.00. Which do you think is going to happen? I've made these values up by the way, but it's what I work with on a day to day basis. It's a little bit more complicated than that but you get the idea. An yes, there is a formula for working out how much a persons life is worth. Clearly this example is far more extreme than a domestic situation, and can't really compare. The regs are worded almost the same. Risk has to be brought down to an acceptable level. An acceptable level isn't a set figure. It's got to meet a minimum, but no absolute. [/QUOTE]
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