[TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs

[Andrew Vida]

So what you're saying is we're probably safe for at least 5 years.

By them Obama should be history.

Arf arf arf...

Larry Brown wrote:
> 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
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> 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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>> <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=6926185/grpspId=1705063020/msgId
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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.
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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