[TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs

Thu Apr 2 04:22:46 EDT 2009

Remember guys, Political Correctness began as an April Fool's joke  
too...

On Apr 2, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:

> Mr Smuck:
> Clearly, you have identified the greatest threat to safety and  
> insurance
> related costs present in functional America today!
> We are all guilty of flagrantly violating those thoughtfully  
> formulated
> regulations that has allowed OSHA to make our workplaces so much more
> profitable to insure. It's past time something was done!
> It has been established that we are a service economy and these
> quasi-legal operations threaten our relations with our international
> trading partners, don'cha-know.
> The savings and quality of life gains sure to result from this action,
> in terms of hearing loss and band aids alone are sure to offset it's
> possible impact on those few misguided people who should be watching
> sports on TV and their attendant advertisements instead.
> My compliments for your efforts...pf
>
> 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)
>>
>> 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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