I know it's not a very blue-collar red-blooded American idea, sure. I work in manufacturing, I get it. But let's reframe the scenario.
I have two pieces of equipment that can do the same thing. One is much more likely to cause a recordable injury than the other, this is widely known and documented. The company could put in guarding or controls to prevent this, but chooses not to. Today, the safe machine is unavailable, so I have to use the unsafe machine. I suffer a recordable incident. The company is now liable.