Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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I will expand a little. While I think the motivation is probably correct and well-meaning from their point of view, I have come across some companies which have signs up stating the workplace has been accident free for two years or so many days and so forth. There is then pressure on people not to report accidents because they break this record. It is something I have been concerned for some time. I have heard anecdotally of people having accidents in such companies and not reporting them because of pressure not to lose this clean record. I am not sure if it is something Ms Byron has given any thought to but it concerns me and should be outlawed.