Our OH&S officer is on a power trip. How do we make them stop?

October 30, 2026 — 2:01am

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An OH&S rep at my work seems overzealous. There’s no doubt about their enthusiasm for the job, but they are overbearing and sometimes plain rude.

They scold members of the team for “non-compliance”, which would be fine if staff members were being negligent or careless, but I don’t see it like that. I see someone who enjoys wielding power and who doesn’t care if they interrupt work, talk over others or insult people.

I don’t want to seem like I don’t take this stuff seriously. Actually, my main concern is that if this approach continues, people will think of OH&S as a chore or, worse, something to actively ignore just to spite an abrupt colleague. Is there a way around this problem?

This seems to me a problem that a good human resources team could solve without much fuss. I know from our correspondence, however, that you wrote because you feel like........

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