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TODAY we take it for granted that our safety at work is a priority. Employers have a duty of care to ensure this and to see that we have had the appropriate training for our job. This protection is enshrined in the Health and Safety at Work Acts. However, if we turn the clock back to the early years of industrialisation, health and safety at work was very much the responsibility of each employee. Accidents were regarded as an inevitable and unavoidable part of everyday working life and the law as it stood often held the machine, workplace or even an animal responsible, rather than the employer.