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The tech probably had work requirements that made it impossible to actually have time to do safety procedures. Management is always a part of the problem in these situations.
I haven't been in a plant where management tells everyone to go crazy and ignore safety because 1. they aren't monsters and 2. lawsuits. They're financially motivated to do the right thing. When I saw the article, my first thought was this person disabled mandatory lockouts because it's convenient.
Have you been in a South Korean plant? They famously have terrible working conditions, though they’re starting to fight back against that.
I'm not insinuating that. I'm thinking that it's more like management putting on a face to say "do all of the safety procedures. You have 30 minutes to fix this issue" when safety procedures take 30 minutes by itself.
He was a technician from the robot manufacturer, so it's on them for not having a proper procedure for maintaining sensors while the motors are disabled. I can't imagine working on an industrial robot while the motors are powered... That's completely reckless.
It's reckless, but unless someone with authority is being a pain in the arse about safety, you don't have a safe work culture that encourages that kind of behaviour. This is yet another example of the holes in the Swiss cheese lining up.