Art From De Leon
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It would seem to be an all or nothing requirement.
Why Does OSHA Require Some Vises To Be Colored?
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goodfellow
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Don't know about OSHA, but I worked in a shop that required all the vises to be painted "fire engine red". The story was that 1) it kept people from bumping into the vise and thereby prevent serious injury 2) it provided a uniform and professional look to the shop when all equipment in every bay was painted in the same color scheme.
I still have that vise and the paint is still holding up after more than three decades.
-B-
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I never heard that one Wilton vices are gray/blue in color if it were a mandatory color I would think they being the biggest suppler would have changed their colors.
TheToolMan
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HandyManny
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It says nothing about a hand operated vice. It does say about power operated gripping jaws. I don't think this applies to a typical bench top vise. A lot of them I've used over the years in shops on the job before were either grayish blue, blue, or charcoal grey. Only one was red that I recall, but that's because the shop owner wanted to dress up it's appearance, it was pretty old. The one I have in my garage on one of my work bench is Blue powder coat.
jerk_chicken
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I saw a vice get used properly in "Casino"...
-B-
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neither say anything about a vice
Vise...
A clamping device, usually consisting of two jaws closed or opened by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.
Vice...
1. an immoral or evil habit or practice.
2. immoral conduct; depraved or degrading behavior: a life of vice.
3. ****** immorality, esp. prostitution.
4. a particular form of depravity.
5. a fault, defect, or shortcoming: a minor vice in his literary style.
6. a physical defect, flaw, or infirmity: a constitutional vice.
7. a bad habit, as in a horse.
8. (initial capital letter) a character in the English morality plays, a personification of general vice or of a particular vice, serving as the buffoon.
A clamping device, usually consisting of two jaws closed or opened by a screw or lever, used in carpentry or metalworking to hold a piece in position.
Vice...
1. an immoral or evil habit or practice.
2. immoral conduct; depraved or degrading behavior: a life of vice.
3. ****** immorality, esp. prostitution.
4. a particular form of depravity.
5. a fault, defect, or shortcoming: a minor vice in his literary style.
6. a physical defect, flaw, or infirmity: a constitutional vice.
7. a bad habit, as in a horse.
8. (initial capital letter) a character in the English morality plays, a personification of general vice or of a particular vice, serving as the buffoon.
Uncle Buck
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OSHA has no color coding rule related to vises, trust me, if they did have, I would know it! Safety is my job. (I would not be surprised if ANSI had some kind of language or thoughts on specific colors for vises though.)
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Adam McLaughlin
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How much safety were you in charge of in regards to your tower gig....?
I did the Commtrain thing but still free climb after all of these years.
Adam
TheToolMan
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A quote from the Osha rule book
"The standard specifies that yellow is to be used to identify physical hazards such as striking against, stumbling, falling, and "caught in-between."
I think "striking against" and "caught in-between." can be interpreted as a vise
"The standard specifies that yellow is to be used to identify physical hazards such as striking against, stumbling, falling, and "caught in-between."
I think "striking against" and "caught in-between." can be interpreted as a vise
nissan_crawler
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that's pushing it. By that definition, you should spray paint your shoes safety yellow, you could step on somebody's toes.
T56 Impala
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AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
Yes I was once a code head. No, a vise does not require colour coding. It is not a power transmission device. The user is in full manual control of it when in use and no power is supplied by an outside force. End of story. (Former food safety inspector here. I inspected ALL aspects of a food production facilities, including maintenance and personal safety. It was my JOB to save my clients the trouble and cost of FDA and OSHA problems.)
Yes I was once a code head. No, a vise does not require colour coding. It is not a power transmission device. The user is in full manual control of it when in use and no power is supplied by an outside force. End of story. (Former food safety inspector here. I inspected ALL aspects of a food production facilities, including maintenance and personal safety. It was my JOB to save my clients the trouble and cost of FDA and OSHA problems.)
Uncle Buck
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Na, no realistic hazard to be found there.
OP
Art From De Leon
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The only source I have for this 'requirement' comes from the vise description listed in the Northern Tool catalog.
Uncle Buck
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How much safety were you in charge of in regards to your tower gig....?
I did the Commtrain thing but still free climb after all of these years.
Adam
I worked for Hayden Tower Service. Co-Owner/President of the company was a founding NATE member, and was the Pres of NATE for the first years it existed.
I was there during the first years the company was trying to adapt to the new tower safety rules. In fact, I was part of the small group of people that first put together some of NATE's proposed rules and language for "Riding the Line".
I will say that safety was a tough sell to make with the tower guys. The idea that many still free climb in the industry does not shock me in the least. I am sure there are still many guys out there still riding rope powered off of cat heads! I do believe that when properly done, "Riding the Line" is still the safest way to access a tower, assuming everything has been done right.
To answer your question, I was very involved. I did all safety training for the company, wrote their safety manual etc. I did not do the hands on tower training with field staff. I am not a height guy myself. I discussed what we wanted to do with foremen and lead men, and they did the tower training themselves.
one from column A and all but #6 from column B please.
My Snap-On catalog (08? it's hiding right now) says something similar.
Hey, wait a minute, who buys vises from Snap-On, anyway?
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Art From De Leon
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I have 2 5" "Snap On" vises (rebadged Wiltons, IIRC). One I got for 1/2 price, because the dealer was tired of hauling it around.
Vinko
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A guy in my shop was spinning a 6" vise closed, and it has about a 24" handle. He spun it around and it hit him in the balls. He went down for the count. I suppose the handle should've been painted yellow. This has happened I don't know how many times. So far, no one has filed a worker's comp. claim, or I'm sure OSHA would be out at the shop.
