The "hired hands" might have found that if they hit the E stop they still get paid but get to sit around until you come in to reset it.
IF it takes you longer to come in to hit reset, management may tell the help in a language they understand what they are doing wrong when they see production go down and costs go up.
Is what your doing to reset the line able to be transferred to the production supervisor / walking boss?
There is a computer room I know where the Sr. Operators have been instructed by the Head Electrician of their facilities department in which buttons restore power if the EPO goes off during a power outage after hours.
