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Its certainly a mixed bag with that agency.  I agree that many edicts 
have been very positive in the area of safety, but not always.  OSHA 
requirements for persons entering so-designated "closed spaces" is 
/sometimes/ all but impossible to comply with in any practical manner.  
For example, the radome for the Weather Service's WSR-88D radar system 
has a huge radome.   One could arguably have a party, inside 
(non-rotating, of course!). There is but one ingress/egress, however. 
OSHA mandates two people inside and at least one person outside.  The 
agency cannot reasonably comply as personnel are simply not there to do 
it.  So, the one ET goes and does his job.  If he or she is lucky, 
there's another ET maybe to come along for the ride.  Same goes for the 
on-site small buildings holding the radar equipment and the stand-by 
generator.  There's only one door so... its under the requirement.  I 
wonder in the Navy has like issues in small spaces aboard ships?   OSHA 
unfortunately like a lot of other agencies have "assumed" power and find 
it necessary to fully exercise that power.... logic be damned.

Jeep - K3HVG



On 1/17/2016 11:29 PM, Bob via ARC5 wrote:
> Actually, under OSHA beginning in 1969  deaths per 100k dropped from 
> 18 per 100K to 3.6 per 100K as of 2009.  In 1937 deaths per 100K was 
> 42 per 100K.  So there was a downward trend in industrial deaths, but 
> to say that OSHA has not been effective is anything but correct. As 
> one who has worked in the telecommunications industry for over 50 
> years I certainly cannot complain about the electrical safety 
> enhancements brought about by OSHA and related work place safety 
> measures.
> As one who can remember the working environment in the early 1960s 
> where it was quite common for a millwright (ME) to have to hang onto 
> to a working overhead crane in motion with his knees while trouble 
> shooting a control relay with 440 and 880 VAC feeds with no protection 
> and only a "Wiggly" as a test instrument.  You'd never see that today 
> in a factory operating under OSHA rules and regulations.
>
> Cheer's Bob, KE6F
>

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