Posted on 06/17/2012 4:45:47 AM PDT by marktwain
An Illinois gun range has been cited for “27 serious violations includ[ing] 13 for violating the lead standard” resulting in proposed fines of $111,000, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced in a news release earlier this week. Illinois Gun Works Ltd. was cited for “failing to implement engineering and work practice controls” following “a Jan. 21 inspection referred by the Illinois Department of Public Health.”
The citation, issued on June 6, also included what OSHA defines as “serious violations” that “include failing to implement a hazard communication program, train workers on hazardous …label chemical bottles…administer an effective hearing conservation program, train in the use of personal protective equipment and implement a respirator protection program...”
While workplace safety ought to be a paramount concern for any employer, and while the list of citations provides a blueprint for corrective actions needed to regain compliance, a review of the detail of some of the cited instances, such as picking up a shell casing without gloves, shows that achieving a clean bill of health free of any subjectively-assessed violation may be impossible, and that such audits could be used to effectively close down gun ranges using fines to make their operations unprofitable.
That, in fact, fulfills a speculation made by Gun Rights Examiner in August, 2009, when this column predicted “OSHA pick Michaels will use 'public health' scheme to 'regulate' guns.” The specific flag raised was that the nominee, David Michaels, would not hesitate to use his position and power to promote a personal anti-gun agenda that includes vocal advocacy for exploiting high-profile incidents of violence involving guns to then push a “public health” rationale for further government controls.
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Funny how you’ll never, ever see a report like this about oh, say, an abortion clinic....
Like most regulatory agencies, OSHA should be disbanded.
Government swine losing their jobs creates more jobs in the private sector.
Blessings, Bobo
OMG!! Picking up spent cartridges without wearing gloves?? If that were so dangerous millions of us who reload all the time would have died from lead poisoning along ago.
As someone that has worked in the safety field for over 30 years, I can tell you the “Hazard Communication” program is a violation trap that OSHA will use any time they want to cite an employer!! It is so broad and onerous that if they wanted to, they could find violations at every workplace in the country. And that includes every OSHA or state OSHA office in the country!!!
As someone that has worked in the safety field for over 30 years, I can tell you the “Hazard Communication” program is a violation trap that OSHA will use any time they want to cite an employer!! It is so broad and onerous that if they wanted to, they could find violations at every workplace in the country. And that includes every OSHA or state OSHA office in the country!!!
Too many employees in OSHA (Government)
Too much power
Too little control
Too late to stop them
Well, it's not like anyone ever DIED at an abortion clinic....oh, wait...
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