[TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs

[Andrew Vida]

You had me going there for a moment.  It sounds like the sort of thing I 
would expect from what's his name.

Good one.

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)
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> 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".
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> 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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