Tell your safety officer he needs to stay home because he could possibly have an accident on the way to the field. Oh wait, he could slip in the bathroom so he should just stay in bed.

Tell the guy to get a life. Those "incidents" you described could happen anywhere, whether it's on the starting bench or not. Those starting benchs are some of the best things I have seen to improve field safety in a long time. I wish every club out there would start using these benches.

Ken