We are not direct supervisors of the people on the manufacturing floor. They supervisors are in charge of their people & influence their behavior by being their boss. As safety people, we don’t retaliate people for reporting safety incidents. We may discipline them if they blatantly broke a safety rule- but that’s not retaliation. We ours self as safety people could be retaliated against by the General Manager. & we could report that to OSHA! You’d probably have to have some good evidence though. Example: we reported something & then we didn’t get that promotion that was promised to us.