Besides the lack of paragraphs in the OP's post, I found it some what amusing. This is a brand new supervisor who had some clever ideas and made some humane decisions to try to get the job done and with the actual thought of a persons safety. But, everything he did was wrong.
This is a perfect example of the two headed snake this company is run by and keeps us constantly competing with our competitors instead of buying them out.
Like I said when he goes through a few weeks of Nazi school(sup training) he won't have to worry about what he can or can't do, cause' he won't be doing much at all.