[Margaret Pilkington]

No, I don't think so. Health and safety will require incidents to be reported.
This is essential because should an employee later suffer from ill health as a result of an incident at work, there has to be documentary evidence of what happened, and when.
Punishments, well, that is in the hands of the judiciary.
My Sister works in a mental health setting(OK, not in this country now, but she did work at Learning disability establishments before she emigrated) there are policies and procedures in place to protect those who work in the environment.