Foggy47
5 year old buck +
I had a woman from OSHA show up at my business one day. I NEEDED to have my stuff assembled and put together to get on a truck later that day so I could get it shipped to the SHOT Show in Las Vegas a few days later. This was an all-important event for us each year. I had allot of loose ends to tie up to make that shipment happen.....and was busy doing so when she showed up. She demanded that I stop whatever I was doing and she wanted me to spend the day with her answering questions.
It didn't take me too long to get down to what she came for.....and that was that they were looking for lead in anyone that was in the shooting sports industry. I told her we had nothing to do with lead other than trace amount that was in our brass.....and most items made from brass. She seemed to freak out about that brass. She did not understand about alloy metals.....even a little bit. We had a big discussion on naval brass vs typical brass that is alloyed with lead.
I then asked her about how many employees I needed to be under these rules of OSHA? She said business' that had over 25 employees were subject to OHSA regulations. I told her to "sit right there....and after I fire one employeee I would come back and throw her ass out of my business.....and that I told you I do not have time for you today.
She did not see the humor in what I told her.....and I said I will have my county sheriff see you out if it comes to that....but I do not have time for you today. She came down to a bit more reason (lol) and asked me to walk her through our builiding.....which is what I said to begin with. I told her you got about 1 hour.....and I am done with you.
After looking around for an hour or so....she wrote up some silly form that said we had too much spray paint on the work benches and not in our steel cabinet assigned for such storage. With that....she got out of our building and I was able to get our stuff ready for the show.
She would have wasted my day and my prime ability for the following year at the absolute worst time she could have showed up. <-------THAT is the problem with government overreach. Some of those folks want you to cow-tow to their idiotic demands. She would not accept any other employee than me to spend a wasted day with her. These things make for bad opinions of the freaking agencies that over-reach their authority. She was clueless about what she was doing....and I resent her and OSHA for this chit.
The end.
It didn't take me too long to get down to what she came for.....and that was that they were looking for lead in anyone that was in the shooting sports industry. I told her we had nothing to do with lead other than trace amount that was in our brass.....and most items made from brass. She seemed to freak out about that brass. She did not understand about alloy metals.....even a little bit. We had a big discussion on naval brass vs typical brass that is alloyed with lead.
I then asked her about how many employees I needed to be under these rules of OSHA? She said business' that had over 25 employees were subject to OHSA regulations. I told her to "sit right there....and after I fire one employeee I would come back and throw her ass out of my business.....and that I told you I do not have time for you today.
She did not see the humor in what I told her.....and I said I will have my county sheriff see you out if it comes to that....but I do not have time for you today. She came down to a bit more reason (lol) and asked me to walk her through our builiding.....which is what I said to begin with. I told her you got about 1 hour.....and I am done with you.
After looking around for an hour or so....she wrote up some silly form that said we had too much spray paint on the work benches and not in our steel cabinet assigned for such storage. With that....she got out of our building and I was able to get our stuff ready for the show.
She would have wasted my day and my prime ability for the following year at the absolute worst time she could have showed up. <-------THAT is the problem with government overreach. Some of those folks want you to cow-tow to their idiotic demands. She would not accept any other employee than me to spend a wasted day with her. These things make for bad opinions of the freaking agencies that over-reach their authority. She was clueless about what she was doing....and I resent her and OSHA for this chit.
The end.
