Every manager concedes that there is a need for protection. The mixed can of cobras and boa constrictors that this concession opens is the question: how much protection and under what conditions? Agreement is strongest when protection and production are mutually successful. The best protection is the most productive in the long term. In the short term the implementation of protection often produces conflict. Sometimes protection takes time to show its benefits. However, once protection shows benefits, aggressive managers sometimes discover a new tool, machine or method to exploit to enhance production. It is the safety person's delight every time protection turns out to be productive and the production can be demonstrated and confirmed. Loss control's downside occurs at the point at which the protective feature is over-exploited for production. Consider two historic examples.
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