On 4/29/2021 1:10 AM, Leo wrote:
> On 2021 Apr 28, , Ed Pawlowski wrote
> (in article >):
>
>> Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They come up with silly
>> rules like dust masks and machine guards. Some rules were over the top,
>> most were good.
>
> They made us put machine guards on our punch presses. The owner would have
> done it anyway, after the workmen´s comp premiums rose to his awareness.
> Nevertheless, a few fingertips, or worse, were saved.
> I give OSHA credit for machine guards. That´s all they ever came after us
> for.
> I didn´t care for insurance company auditors either.
>
>
We were one of the first audits in the old plant. I could point out a
dozen potential problems. They found an ungrounded refrigerator in the
break room.