They’re there to justify their own paychecks by implementing new policies when current practices are already adequate, in order to show that they’re “doing something”, which is how you end up with a dogfood warehouse in rural Nebraska that has no overhead or projectile hazards requiring third party truck drivers to wear hard hats and safety glasses inside the cabs of their own trucks when on the property.
They’re there to prevent lawsuits against the company
They’re there to justify their own paychecks by implementing new policies when current practices are already adequate, in order to show that they’re “doing something”, which is how you end up with a dogfood warehouse in rural Nebraska that has no overhead or projectile hazards requiring third party truck drivers to wear hard hats and safety glasses inside the cabs of their own trucks when on the property.
“Electrical cords may no longer be greater than 3m in length.”
“Cool, cool… can I have some money to get electrical sockets added closer to the work area?”
“Lol, no.”
Nnnno, they’re there because the company legally has to have them, and they hate it.
… by making the workplace safer.
The one preventing non-deadly lawsuits is HR.