Word: osha
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...four inches too low. Deeply hurt, Pinga asked himself: "My God, how can I be guilty? I haven't even had a trial." So he challenged the charges in court and spent $1,500 in legal fees to beat a $90 fine. His heart went out to the young OSHA inspector who broke down on the witness stand and admitted that her only qualification was a 40-hour series of OSHA seminars. But Pinga is convinced that his fight was worthwhile. Thumping a thick tome of OSHA regulations, he declares: "If this book existed when my dad came to this...
...Government during the primary campaign led some to believe that he would make the regulations less onerous. Now they can see no sign that he has or will. CEA Chairman Schultze contends that the Administration has brought about some improvement in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which had gained well-deserved notoriety for enforcing niggling rules. That is news to executives, who find OSHA as petty-minded as ever. Grant Simmons Jr. complains that OSHA rules amount to "major capital programs imposed willy-nilly on business with a virtual carte blanche"-sometimes to modify plants that have...
...regulatory goals. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, for example, is on the verge of requiring many manufacturers to further reduce noise in their plants, but the Council on Wage and Price Stability has reckoned that the price for business could run up to $32 billion a year, and OSHA may be obliged to retreat...
...OSHA inspector had ruled that the rock's presence constituted a hazard unless a warning sign was posted...
...Corn is under no illusion that his task will be easy. Already bills are piling up in Congress that would weaken the original OSHA act. One would essentially exempt from regulation businesses employing 25 or fewer workers. OSHA has tangled with other federal agencies over who has jurisdiction in safety matters involving aircraft, railroads and interstate trucking. And recently in Texas, a federal court ruled that OSHA inspectors cannot enter a workplace without a search warrant...