[TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs

[ries]

methinks this is more web invented paranoia.
A quick search of the OSHA website reveals NO SUCH DIVISION.


On Apr 1, 2009, at 4:03 PM, rsmuck wrote:

This is awful, we should revolt!!!!
Rowland Smuck/Schmuck of Roseburg, OR 97470




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NEW OSHA REGULATIONS TO HAVE LONG-TERM IMPACT
New OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) today  
announced new
regulations aimed directly at the home and hobby workshop.

WASHINGTON (AP)

Phyllis Sharp, Director of the newly-formed Home Safety Compliance  
Division,
today announced new OSHA regulations in response to successful  
lobbying by
watchdog groups and the American Home and Hobby Machinery Manufacturers
Association. The regulations, aimed directly at home workshops,  
hobbyists
and "shade-tree mechanics", are in response to an apparently exponential
growth of safety issues surrounding the sale of commercial machinery  
to the
private sector, resale of used machinery, and restoration of used and
occasional vintage machinery by private individuals.

According to Sharp, "These things are dangerous, and we are finding  
out that
commercial and industrial manufacturers and service facilities, not to
mention our own government, are selling these machines to private  
persons
without due regard for essential safety features that we require of all
workplaces". Ms. Sharp was also quoted as saying that "there is no  
reason
why a home workshop should not be subject to the same guaranteed level  
of
safety compliance that our government provides to the public workplace."
According to Sharp, fines and registration fees will be used to
substantially reduce the anticipated cost of the regional offices and
inspection teams.

In a brief press conference to present these proposed regulations, Mr.
Morris Pschatt, Esq, general counsel for the Central States division of
OSHA, stated that OSHA will create offices in each state for the  
purpose of
inspection, tagging and tracking machinery sales. Sellers of all
commercial-grade machinery will be required to transport machinery for  
sale
to an OSHA field office prior to sale, where the machine will be  
inspected
for the appropriate safety guards, decals and instruction manuals. Any
machine found not to meet the standards will be tagged for scrap and the
machine seller will be compensated at a standard rate per pound,  
according
to Pschatt. When asked by one reporter about private sales, Mr. Pschatt
responded that the OSHA Residential Teams inspectors would be tracking  
eBay,
craigslist and classified sales in order to provide "comprehensive  
safety
coverage".

In addition, Pschatt remarked, OSHA Residential Teams field inspectors  
will
be periodically making spot inspections to home and hobby workshops to
ensure safety compliance, similar to existing commercial and industrial
compliance regulations. All home-shop machinery will be required to be
tagged and registered with OSHA, and any machine not having the proper
guards in place, decals visible and legible, and instructions readily
available will be tagged and confiscated. Furthermore, personal safety  
gear,
including eyewear, hearing protection and head gear will be required  
of all
home and hobby workers.

The AHHMMA is represented in Washington by domestic and overseas
manufacturers and importers of woodworking, metalworking and automotive
equipment.

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