Not sure how relevant this is but I have just been through the North Sea "HUET" training and one of the additional things is Norwegion law pertaining to HSE. Basically it puts the onous on yourself if you see something that has the potential to cause an accident and you fail to either bring it to the attention of the person/people involved or revelant supervisor/authority.
Whether its a good thing or not to encourage the ambulance chasing bottom feeders I don't know but if it saves injuries or lives perhaps its worth it.
I admire LTD for his stance on safety. His diplomacy skills may need some fine tuning.