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

Thu Apr 2 02:17:28 EDT 2009

He must have been so ashamed that he went into the financial industry!

Keziah's Forge wrote:
> Update:
> 
> The real emabarrassment occurred hours later when  Richard Postman was 
> called in to identify and counsel the anvil victim.  Charges against PR of 
> anvil  abuse, carnal nowledge of a minor anvil and crimes against 
> blacksmithing were lodged on the basis of Postman's testimony that the anvil 
> in question was a 55 pound Russian immigrant identified only as "ASO" and 
> that the orifice in question was actually the pritchel hole.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs and alarming 
> report #2
> 
> 
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=6926185/grpspId=1705063020/msgId
>>> =8251/stime=1238563519/nc1=1/nc2=2/nc3=3>
>>>
>>> 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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