Safety first – economy last

I work for a living, well at least I try too without so much as a scratch, for fear of a safety inspection to outline the cause of the scratch, future prevention of further scratchings and therapy to help me recover from the aforementioned scratch.
Hi-vis vests and hard hats are more common than side street shopping trolleys these days and it's costing us scratch resistant folk a lot of money. I understand safety on the job is important but at what point do we stop the gravy train of safety upgrades to our workplaces? All electrical equipment must be tagged by some pencil sharpening guy with a wave form machine who says it's ok, all scary spinning machines must remind you to wear goggles and ear muffs and seats must be padded and shaped for back realignment. Even my GPS alerts me that it's unsafe for use whilst driving, thanks little Einstein, concentrate on getting me down roads and not into lakes, than safety briefings.
I need to feel a little scared in my part of the world, that thrilling edge of existence, will I be hurt, maned or deafened. It's exciting for those of us who prefer feet on the ground rather than 10'000 ft up. Safety inspectors create work on top of the work they are protecting workers from. Confused? You will be when you understand some of their demands.
How about the need for yellow paint on every step, so people who can't see and go "oooh yellow paint, Clyde, it's a step love, lift your leg". What's next? Orange paint because yellow to offensive to colour blind people.
I've seen push/pull signs and thought they were there for common sense help, no, they are there for safety. How can someone be hurt attempting to pull a push type door?
The simple fact safety stores exist is evidence it's a money making industry. We need a fire exit plan at work, only issue is we have one door, a big door. So were else would we run? Do we really need a map showing what door to run too when it flames up. I'm hardly going to become confused and Rambo my way out the window. I can't wait for the day swimming pools warn they are drowning hazards. And that rain will make the footpaths slippery. I'm already in a state of bother when I see "warning: contents are hot" on the side of a coffee cup. Maybe it could be an iced coffee, so do we warn on an Irish coffee "'warning: could make you drunk". Where are the warnings that going to a bank at 4:30 pm will mean you can't deposit funds. Safety starts in the shredder.