Pretty much every OSHA rule came from some kind of death or dismemberment of they guy before you. As a wise foreman once said, "Better a pain in the ass than your ass in pain”
I think Osha fills a very important role.
Qatar didn't have any effective regulatory bodies during the Soccer World Cup and some of the top officials involved in to put the fatalities somewhere between four and five hundred.
It's a solution as old as humanity .... if work place problems cause people to die, the solution is simple .... get more cheap labour.
To the rich its an economic problem ... what's cheaper? Fixing an expensive problem or saving money by buying more cheap workers and not bother changing a thing.
The counter move is also clear. When work is too cheap and causes people to die, kill the employer. That's when unions appear to keep both sides from dying.
Unfortunately there’s also a bunch of loopholes, any business that’s small enough doesn’t need to report to OSHA except in specific circumstances, but how are they to know?
I think it’s under a dozen employees or something, so most small businesses avoid growing too large to avoid the oversight.
Roofing is a large one for this, they avoid the fall restraint/arrest requirements, it’s also why they are one of most dangerous trades…
OSHA violations are almost always the result of being underpaid and expected to do more work than possible if you follow the OHSA regulations.
Don't worry, SCOTUS*, will abolish OSHA soon.
That's why china is winning. No proper human safety, slavery, poor pay etc. Hence china is leading manufacturing sector.
Which I think its important to point out isn't an endorsement. It means that we in the west should be doing everything we can to enforce our saftey standards on products sold in our countries, and if that isn't possible then we should be bringing the manufacturing back onshore.
"The secret...is crime"
*OSHA
OSHA? More like OSHIT
When I worked in the outdoors section of a sporting goods store I used to get bitched at for climbing the shelves to get grills down instead of using a ladder because osha.
Then I pointed out that the shelves were bolted to the ground while the ladder wasn't.
Yes, because shelves only support a certain weight and the whole thing can come crashing down like the World Trade Center, especially if heavier colleagues figure "if they can do it, so can I."
Climbing shelving is not a good idea, ever.
So they were bolted to the ground, but not the wall? Is this why you weren't doing an engineering major? ☺️
I'm not sure why you think free standing shelves need to be bolted to the wall. These were made of 3-4" steel I-beams.
