I can relate to the 'Theatrical' productions of safety. Too busy being safe to be smart. Our one year safety manager of years ago mowed his grass with safety toe shoes, safety glasses, a hard hat, and ear muffs on so as to 'Present' a safety aspect to all in his community. Middle of August he passes out from all the garb on, fell back into the street in front of a passing car, narrowly missed. Hit the back of his head NOT the top as he fell, concussion, damage to one eye from the hat rolling into his safety glasses(was wearing a chin strap) as he hit scratched one cornea then he had to be hauled to hospital with Heat Prostration/Heat Exhaustion, all that while push mowing a 100' by 120' lot with a 1400sf home sitting on it. Stupid is as stupid does. He was PROMOTED to Safety Management at our Corporate Office and as far as I am aware is still there but is divorced, lives in a condo and does little outside work anymore.
This is the same dumba-- that ran screaming into our parking lot as a drywall delivery truck was unloaded. The truck had the standard tractor seat rear of cab fork boom, operator was sitting in the seat wearing a seat belt while unloading. Safety man screamed he had to come down, had to be wearing a harness, had to have safety glasses, long trousers(was wearing shorts, again summertime), hearing protection and a Hard Hat. Truck was removed from lot, driver called his boss, company told him return with what product was still on truck. The plant had to send personnel TO the drywall company to receive sheets after that. NOBODY that sold bulk sheetrock would deliver from that day on. The sheetrock company explained to the safety man that DOT rules applied to the trucks, they want to apply extra rules that do not apply they can haul their own. Safety Dumba-- had no concept were different rules for different industry and he had GRADYATED from a college with a degree in safety, REALLY!