How would you explain the health and safety at work act to a child?

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if its good enough (Y)How would you explain the health and safety at work act to a child?It's the law that tells bosses how to keep their staff safe and healthy at work.



Then I'd explain it 'in context'. Choose a job that the child is fairly familiar with, and explain how the Health and Safety Act applies to that job.



For example



- Lollipop Lady has the colourful outfit and big lollipop to make sure that people can see her easily in the road.



- Similar for rubbish collectors



- Hairdresser has to be trained properly to use the various chemicals, scissors etc to keep herself safe





Use your own job if your child's familiar with that too (or are you the teacher? - if so, use that)



I think children understand things like this better when they're applied to something that's real for them. How would you explain the health and safety at work act to a child?Basically, it ensures that people can work in a safe environment.



The act means that employers have to make sure they take steps that the workplace is safe and accidents are avoided where possible.



I also means employees have to look out for one another and make sure they try and reduce accidents.



You could point out that before that legalisation came into place, there things like mills which had a a lot of exposed moving parts, dust everywhere (which choked the employees and gathered in their lungs) and noise (which left them deaf). The places where hell, and there were a lot of accidents and people left crippled or dead due to accidents that could have been avoided.



How would you explain the health and safety at work act to a child?"All businesses want to make money. Whether one person owns them or a whole lot of people share the ownership, they want to make money, otherwise why own the business?



"Most businesses make enough money to keep the owners happy, but when one doesn't, they sometimes save money by doing things that make working there not as safe as it should be. This law says they can't do that any more."How would you explain the health and safety at work act to a child?
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