[TheForge] Fw: [shopbuilttools] New OSHA Regs

Thu Apr 2 14:34:58 EDT 2009

Now i understand...makes sense.

Jack Elliott wrote:
> 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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