[mrweasel]

The point remain here: The workers are the ones choosing to not use the safety gear, in some cases.

I was the safety representative at a previous job. Management care a lot about safety and provided everything required, and high quality gear as well. Still people would cut corners and not use the equipment because it was faster not to. These where people paid by the hour, they have zero incentive to work faster. If people work on contact however, it's easy to create an environment where speed is priorities over safety.

[alerighi]

Where I live the company is responsible for safety, so if a worker decides to not use the safety equipment the company is liable, not the worker, since they must enforce their usage and check that the workers comply, and if not take measures (that include firing the worker if it refuses to use them).

Of course they made so because otherwise it would be convenient to the company provide the safety equipment and not enforce their usage, this way getting work done faster (and thus have more profit).

[b112]

Still people would cut corners and not use the equipment

Then they get written up, and eventually fired. Companies need to be stomped on(and are where I live), if they don't do this.