[TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs and alarming report #2

Wed Apr 1 23:06:14 EDT 2009

You may not like this any better reis:

Waylan Journal Report

Late Wednesday afternoon, after a hard  day in his unheated  hillside 
blacksmithing shop ( and not a few beers); Blacksmith PR closed down his 
forge and shut the doors as usual. That's when the trouble began.
Hot and tired from his labors, PR had another couple of beers to cool 
down and soon found the only warm thing around was his beloved anvil.
He apparently felt lonely and a bit amorous there in the dusk and 
"realized that i had been looking at that warm damn hardy hole for years 
and it was at just the right height".
  A short time later, an attractive young lady knocked on the door and 
pressed her breasts against the glass attempting to peer in.
When the smith attempted to withdraw from the anvil, it was already too 
late.
When paramedics arrived 1/2 hour later, they were unable to lift the 
anvil and the smith onto the regulation guerny and a second ambulance 
crew had to be called.
After some humiliating hours in the hospital, attended to by elder nurse 
Hornbuckle and 23 reporters, the anvil had cooled sufficiently that, 
with the help of cold, soapy water the smith was freed.
PR only statement was that he regretted not using Anviline Hardy Hole 
Grease..as advertised by Tom Wilson.

ries wrote:
> 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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