I think blaming on the legal department is not generally accurate. The dialog would be correct if that much thought were put into it. I think some of these companies just sweep up every safety warning they have ever seen. I have seen unpowered equipment with warnings to use grounded outlets. Warnings to use hearing and eye protection with screwdrivers.
Not so much an image, but at my then work back in the day, some idiot managed to get hot solder in their eyes by incorrect desoldering methods.
OH &S went into the
mode & decreed that we would have to use safety glasses for soldering.
The plastic things supplied were crap, with poor optical qualities, & soldering for any length of time caused eyestrain.
On top of that, the plastic was very prone to a build up of dirt from flux fallout, finger grease, etc.
The latter was recognised, & "glasses cleaning stations" consisting of a spraycan of cleaner & a pack of soft tissues were installed.
The "station" was installed with the spraycan nozzle facing straight out
at eye level----what could possibly go wrong?