Travis E.
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To me, this is how a business should be. It would be a pleasure to do business with someone who has the drive that you do. Good luck, I hope it works out.
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OSHA Shop Laws
- Thread starter Shawn F.
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To me, this is how a business should be. It would be a pleasure to do business with someone who has the drive that you do. Good luck, I hope it works out.
darkk
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Did you have a bad experience with them (justified or not) or are you just saying this because.............
Charles
Bad experience with OSHA in Ct body shop. (over 25 yrs ago) One of the office (disgruntled) women called OSHA because she thought she smelled an odor in the office. Never asked anybody or made a complaint to management, just called OSHA. They showed up in force. They asked what it smelled like. She changed her mind every time someone asked. They nit-picked everything, made us seam seal the paint storage room with another *new* special sealer , said our grounding straps were too small. (they were already oversized according to std safety specs). We had outside ventilation for the room, had a berm built in front of the only door, the room was double block and the still made us put in explosin proof cabinets, meaning every time we wanted to mix paint,when do we had to removed everything, wash it down and pack it all away if it sat over an hour. It just went on and on. They were there on and off for months. Then for months they would show up unannounced (which they couldn't do at the time) After spending much money and still not making them happy, the boss finally sued them in court for harassment and won. Not counting the lawsuit, we took almost 2 years of harassment. The end result was thousands spent, many people pissed and harassed, lots of things made everyday work a pain in the ***, no one was any happier, the women still smelled whatever it was and no one else could smell it, including any of the OSHA guys and their fancy smelling equipment. It was probably her own crotch.....sooo.... NEVER EVER CALL OSHA on purpose EVER! OH! not to forget all the fines that were levied that were not necessary because we never had a chance to comply first (court issue)
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Northstar
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A couple things to add:
**eyewash stations need to have a routine flushing and noted when done on a service tag
**Eye and Ear protection MUST be readily available and provided.
**the exit signs should be on battery backup so if power drops they can be seen. The marked door must be accessable all the time, even if there's a giant garage door next to it that is totally unblocked and open to the world (I got gigged on that one..?)
**There are OSHA compliance companies out there that are independant consultant companies that will check you out for OSHA compliance without reporting you. We use ComplyNet, but there are others. You might want to check them out, they might have a new business on-site survey or something like that. I know all of our chemicals are listed online with a designated computer as a reference point.
**eyewash stations need to have a routine flushing and noted when done on a service tag
**Eye and Ear protection MUST be readily available and provided.
**the exit signs should be on battery backup so if power drops they can be seen. The marked door must be accessable all the time, even if there's a giant garage door next to it that is totally unblocked and open to the world (I got gigged on that one..?)
**There are OSHA compliance companies out there that are independant consultant companies that will check you out for OSHA compliance without reporting you. We use ComplyNet, but there are others. You might want to check them out, they might have a new business on-site survey or something like that. I know all of our chemicals are listed online with a designated computer as a reference point.