Again, this doesn't sound like a tech problem, it sounds like a boss being an idiot and causing their own issues. PEBKAC, as the kids say.
(Historical trivia: flash fires in underground mines used to cost hundreds of lives a year. These fires were mostly caused by flammable gas being ignited by miners' lanterns. The year after the Humphrey Safety Lantern was introduced, the death toll plummetted to just one. That one person had removed the safety shield from his lantern so that he could light his pipe from it. I think about this a lot when it comes to modern technology.)