I am mighty sick of safety nazis. I'm not against safety, just those who
make it happen. In out plant your are trained and certified to climb a
ladder, though no ladder available to us is taller than 10'. We are trained
and certified to sit on a lab stool. Yep someone fell off one so all are
trained and certified. The yellow safety stickers are so prevalent you can
hardly see what color the machines are. The yellow stickers are to the
point of being just visual noise. If we have to write an operation and
maintenance manual for a new prototype machine the blank template is 29
pages long, profiled with safety information. Sometimes by the time we are
done with the manual we've only added 3-4 pages of technical information.
This safety stuff is way out of hand!
lg
no neat sig line

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"SteveB" wrote in message
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Usually, OSHA does not just "show up". There has to be a complaint
filed
by
a current employee, and that means not from one that was just fired, but
one
that still works there. OR, there has to have been an accident with
injury,
or an "imminent threat to safety or health". Otherwise, the employer
can
refuse to allow the inspectors in. They can't just come in on fishing
trips. If refused, they can usually get in later, and now have put a
big
red X on that file meaning "pay close attention to this idiot in the
future
and cite him for EVERYTHING."

So, the company had to have a recent accident, or a current employee
filed
a
report. All in all, it seems reasonable to me. There were substandard
lines that could have exploded; hence ear protection. The exploding
lines
could have sent out fragments; hence eye protection. Maybe the
inspectors
thought that if the employees couldn't recognize PVC from acceptable air
lines, they needed assistance in other areas, too. Cheaping out on PVC
air
lines is about as cheap as you can get.

Steve

No recent accidents.
OSHA has been a regular visitor since we had a disgruntled employee who
was
fired and filed a bogus complaint about ten years ago. Management is more
than willing to take suggestions from OSHA to make a safe environment.
Don't get wrong here, I was just poking some fun . I take safety
seriously,as does about everyone else I work with. Doubtful if I would
work
in a recklesly hazardous environment. Our shop is a very safe working
environment. As with all places there are things that are not up to snuff.

My point was to show what I thought was humorous in that they feel the
need
to show a person who wears glasses how to put them on. As a matter of fact
The whole shop is good at wearing proper personal protective equipment.

Those Minds