Posted on 06/16/2012 11:25:57 AM PDT by kiryandil
This is probably a payback/shakedown by the various corrupt .gov thug departments. I'd bet conspiracy between agencies, also.
If you see a .gov enforcer coming your way, walk, don't run to the nearest place where he/she/it can't drive his/her/its armored paramilitary assault vehicle in pursuit.
OSHA is on my congressman’s hit list and I couldn’t be prouder.
Heartbeaking tale of woe.
http://www.durabilityanddesign.com/news/?fuseaction=view&id=5185
“We are working on gun control under the radar.” —Barack O’Blame-Oh Kardashian.
Even further, ANY federal government worker who approaches a private business and demands access to same, should be stopped and forced to obtain a court order/warrant to enter the premises. Deny Authority, deny access, and deny entry without local judicial approval.
They should have kicked in lots of money to the 0bama fund.
It is the Chicagoland way.
OSHA needs to be exposed to some lead. This is one of the most retarded government programs out there.
Boy, am I going to take some flak for this.
I am an engineer and I have run safety programs for several of the companies that I worked for. When I got into senior management (General Manager and President) I usually ended up training safety to those working for me because of my background. Right now I am teaching at a community college and this summer I am teaching workplace safety.
I agree with a lot of what OSHA nailed them for. Working around lead, you should be testing the air in the range and store at least yearly. Then the guys working in/around the range should have received a baseline blood test for lead and a followup annually. These tests protect the employee and the company. Without previous tests, OSHA will always assume that the exposure is over the limits.
The company should immediately have the air tested in the range and in the store and in several places. All employees should be tested for lead levels in their blood. Then clothes that are worn all day by someone running the range should be tested. Finally, with the information from these tests, an plan should be drawn up to address in problems (If there are any.)
Illinois Gun Works did a lot of damage to themselves by not having a lot of this testing already in place. Anyone running an indoor range should talk to a safety expert and either verify that they have no problem or start working on a plan to eliminate any problem that they find.
OSHA is like the cop that stops you out on the road, and as he approaches your door, pulls out his club and smashes your taillight lens. Then he tells you you have a broken taillight, and cites you for it.
Everybody is guilty until proven innocent.
Corollary - don’t argue with guys with a badge and carrying sidearms.
OSHA has to be carrying a firearm to start with....if they aren’t, then they don’t have the force of harm.
On a side note, my BIL has a farm and one bid damn backhoe that can dig a hole nearly 3 feet wide 10 feet long and about 15 feet deep in one swoop..
I have never been to a gun range that does any of this. Have you?
After working around and with hazardous materials for over 40 years we did everything we could to protect customers and employees.
However, there is an old saying among small employers:
If OSHA wants wants to write you up and fine you, they will.
That must be a mighty deep bucket to hold nearly 17 compacted cubic yards in one bite.
An some sanctimonious, know-it-all "conservative" has to weigh in about how sensible it is.
Ever start your own business? Ever sign payroll checks, or just cash them? Ever cover payroll checks with your CC?
Just wondering. People in this country seem to think successful, growing, profit-making, tax-paying business sprout out the ground like weeds, and no matter how many time you rip the leaves off, pluck off the flowers, they'll just keep coming back.
I have also worked in the Safety field. Illinios Gun Works should have CYA’d and protected it’s workers. Even so, I found OSHA to be a purely punitive organization who tend to do more damage than good with their excessive fines, especially where a small business is involved.
Most gets pushed out the sides as it cuts the semi circle. It isn’t what one would call a backhoe per se on a tractor Large earth digger on tracks.
Move next door to Indiana or some other place. Where in the manufacture of guns is lead involved? Have they looked at ammunition factories that actually use lead in their products? Looks like a hit piece on that factory. Winchester closed their plant in MA and now are manufacturing in Belgium for one.
And if every indoor shooting range has to do what they're accused of not doing, their won't be a single one turning a profit in this country.
I wonder how much we could get from the ChiComms for Illinois. As long as they fenced it in and didn’t allow any detritus to ooze out and pollute America, I don’t believe I’d have a problem with MaoWow Illinois as a new province under the control of their beloved commie masters. Of course there should be a 30 day window where Illinois FReepers are allowed to escape before the gate comes crashing down.
They need to move to Wisconsin. Under Governor Scott Walker, were open for business.
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