I dare say Victorian era factory owners said the same thing when acts of parliment ordered such dubious pieces of equipment as safety guards over moving metal parts and that sort of thing.
I know all about H&S as I have a row of folders relating to it... Mostly common sense stuff, but this current government and their legal paymasters mean that I have to document everything and even make such stupid comments as "this company acknowledges its responsibilities to H&S blah blah"... I'm so tempted to bring my sarcasm to it. I mean it is flaming obvious, isn't it? And if it's not, what will a piece of paper change.