[TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs

[Larry Brown]

I hope they don't see this and get ideas! Probably take them five years to 
design the perfect form to go with the idea
Larry brown



At 04:03 PM 4/1/2009 -0700, you 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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>The AHHMMA is represented in Washington by domestic and overseas
>manufacturers and importers of woodworking, metalworking and automotive
>equipment.
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