The reality is someone in management said "we need the machine to lock out under X condition for Y reason" and an engineer said "that's a bad idea because Z als

The reality is someone in management said "we need the machine to lock out under X condition for Y reason" and an engineer said "that's a bad idea because Z also someone could die" and management said "do it anyway" and the engineer chose to implement it versus undergo significant financial hardship of quitting their job and finding another one