OSHA doesn't give a...

I’m no fan of OSHA but it sounds like your employer doesn’t give f… about your safety

But if OSHA cared they would force the employer to provide it. We can afford new machines that cost in the 6 figures all the time so money isn't an issue. Obviously, our place should care but why is OSHA not enforcing safety on that reasoning but Covid which is useless.

In the late 80s I had a summer construction job, and OSHA visited us early in the summer to give us edicts to stop using casters on scaffolding, always wear harnesses when working at heights, and always wear hard hats in mid-90s temperatures. They told me, at 19 years old, that they could imprison me for 5 years and/or fine me $250,000 if I lied to them.

I knew instantly that I could lie to them non-stop because they’d never get $250,000 out of my broke arse, and any lie I told them wasn’t worth giving me free shelter, clothing, and 3 squares for 5 years.

We took the casters off the scaffolding for about a week and used harnesses and hard hats for about the same.

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frick about safety. I work in a factory without air conditioning. We complain during the summer about potential heat strokes with our humid conditions. It falls on deaf ears but we need a needle in our arms at a place that has had no hospitalizations from Covid. Please!!! Federal gov't pretending to give a shite cracks me up.

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Who do you complain to? Put in an anonymous complaint to OSHA. They will show up.

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The far majority don't as the employee is seen as a liability.

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If you work for a multi-billion dollar corporation, the company makes money when an employee dies.

Insurance is a fricking scam.

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Who do you complain to? Put in an anonymous complaint to OSHA. They will show up.

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Oh, people complain. They show up a couple times a year. They jot it down but it's ignored. They end up making our job harder with useless stuff on our machines that don't do anything. That's why I've always thought OSHA was useless. Federal gov't has never had our best interest

I am 55 years old. I have worked at 1, count them, 1 place that had air-conditioning...

That would never happen as they will need to give raises to other big wigs.

Cant issue an entry permit above 100*
If your work space is hotter than report it.

Keep flapping yer gums and they’ll replace yo lazy azz with a Mexican that can take the heat