In my not so humble opinion, it really does not matter what job title the person has, if they are more concerned that "he protects his job rather than" /what ever is in the best interest of the company/, then he is an anchor, and not helping paddle to get where they want to be.

I think there can be a perception among those saddled with that title that their job may well be to be the scape goat should/when the company has a real health and safety disaster, like a drunk employee drive a truck off the dock after the holiday party, or the place have to close down a few days because the parts department put shelves too close to the sprinkler system and the fire marshal was not be willing to wait for it to be fixed, with people doing business in that area or any of thousands of other possible disasters that can happen in our industry.

I would like to hear if anyone has any ideas how a "health and safety" man could motivate any other employee to consider being safer in their daily tasks.