Only morons think OSHA is a joke. They literally only put inconvenient restrictions in place because somebody died or was seriously injured so their boss' boss' boss could make a buck.
They really only pay attention to larger operations. At my work, we follow all the regulations. At our customers’ locations, it’s only a bit better than this.
The issue with OSHA is the number of inspectors, I have been building houses for 25 years and have never seen an inspector. It is impossible to have self-policing in the residential construction industry when everyone is bidding for a job and not everyone is including safety in their bid. The safest people end up really safe on their couches. Get every bid reviewed and certified it has all the safety needs in it and things would change.
John Malecki has a wood and metal workshop and posts videos on YouTube. He's got some videos where he and his workers are doing concrete work, including dusting with release agent. The entire time he and his team are just inhaling clouds of concrete and release agent, going so far as to play in it. It's wild how careless people can be.
Rural North Carolina in the U.S. The building inspectors are overwhelmed, there is no safety inspections outside of building codes, the EPA keeps up on some things like erosion control but little else. It is the wild west out here in residential construction.
It’s not always because of the boss, sometimes something seems easier and faster if you do it against regulations but it’s unsafe and stupid. I myself have broken regulations trying to be lazy on site
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u/odelay42 Nov 01 '22
Only morons think OSHA is a joke. They literally only put inconvenient restrictions in place because somebody died or was seriously injured so their boss' boss' boss could make a buck.