The Federation clearly thinks something like OSHA isn't important.
The Empire from Star Wars at least has the excuse that they're outright evil. So the lack of safety railing in the Death Star tracks.
The Federation is supposed to be filled with the brightest, best, and most empathetic but their safety procedures are basically nonexistent.
Further evidence:
Nevermind the lack of environmental suits.
Remember the episode where Trip gets pregnant, and he gets all broody and he rides the man lift in engineering up to demonstrate that the things which are at perfect hand rail height, that you'd probably like to hold onto while riding a lift in a large vehicle that might move suddenly, shears right past a support in its hoist way so if you did actually hold it like a hand rail you'd cut your fingers off?
Starfleet be negligent.
How else would anything interesting happen in the episode? In my head canon most of the federation is very responsible but also boring. That's why the show follows this particular bunch of degenerates.
That's basically the premise of Lower Decks lol
Remember they aren't they aren't getting paid, they are there because they are the biggest risk addicts in the federation.
Tucker in ENT S1E5 was right... those ships ARE a death trap.
Or Data standing right in front of the path of the phaser beam right behind whatever device is supposed to stop it.
It would be like holding a new piece of armour plating technology that has never been tested before, holding it over your chest and asking your buddy to shoot a rifle bullet at it to see if works.
People have literally died doing that.
Ironically, Data survived that, twice
Oh, man. I'm reading Red Shirts by John Scalzi right now, and this hits home.
That’s what it was like way back in the 2360’s.
Whatever it takes to get the opportunity to eject the core.
Inhabiting the body of Geordi was all part of Shaxs' return from the Black Mountain.
They should do this stuff in the garage -- er, shuttlebay.
Never test in production!
at least they didn't fire the phaser in the direction of the warp core
This time.
Same with that unknown thing Bashir found that blasted data into Dreamland
edit-they did it again after they knew it fired shit too
safety squints… engage.
Ok true, but otherwise this is easily one of my top 5 episodes.
