I am certain that everyone was acutely aware he was on walkabout, but hey. Health and Safety is about risk awareness and appreciation, surely, and not risk removal. If it subordinates common sense and responsibility because it is used so prescriptively and dogmatically, then is the threat to common sense and self determination a greater threat than the blanket perceived threat to life and limb?
Surely, in theatre, there should be heightened alert and self awareness anyway. Individual responsibility has been eroded by the state/system seeking to justify its importance by imposing its will on the individual to the point that the individual no longer has rights or responsibilities. The system can argue, quantify and define RTA incidents, but not common sense and self help. I just prefer less intrusion and government which doesn't make itself indispensable however it can.