[TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs and alarming report #2
Andrew Vida
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Thu Apr 2 08:40:27 EDT 2009
Actually, he *came* from the financial sector, which readily explains
the perversion.
Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> 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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