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The Purpose of OSHA-Official 2: Secret of the OSH
After more than a year off from OSHA blogging, I've decided to return. My mission is to provide educational resources on the rights of employees to tumblrinas everywhere (And not commit a misdemeanor in the process).
yall. yall.
new bill introduced to nulify OSHA. OSHA.
Summary of H.R.86 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): NOSHA Act
Even the goddamn magats are upset.
A lot of roughnecks will lose their goddamn arms throwing the chains is all I'm going to say. Fuck that's terrifying.
Call your red state people, please. And blue state, but definitely red state. This affects everyone. I'm in oil country. This is serious to all kinds of people. Your voice matters here more than you might think.
As of 2/5/25 this bill is sitting in the Committee on Education and Workforce. Here's the list of reps on that committee. If you live in Arizona would you mind calling the bill's sponsor, Andy Biggs, and tell him he's a bitch for me?
Official ominous sign(s)
Simply cannot condone this kind of signage
Though it does make the mind wander. . .
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Andy Biggs has introduced a bill to abolish OSHA. The entire text of the bill reads "The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is abolished."
What this bill would mean is the complete elimination of federal workplace safety protections. Millions of jobs in numerous states where the state-level protections are below the federal minimums would immediately become more dangerous.
If you’re an American federal employee and got an email saying “it’s ok to quit your job.” Do not, for the love of everything, quit your job. This is purely a scare tactic to get rid of as many people as possible without legal consequences.
Obviously, Trump has realized firing everyone in the government will be harder than he thought because of robust legal protections so he’s trying to scare or trick people into leaving instead because he knows they can block and slow his fascist agenda. Don’t let that happen. If you’re in the civil service, your country needs you; stay in your job and protect the constitution. And if you’re not in civil service, do what you can to support the civil service, including calling your representatives and asking them to protect civil servants.
Important addition: the email was almost WORD FOR WORD the same email sent to Twitter employees after Musk took over. It does not consider Federal employee rights or regulations, parts of it make NO SENSE WHATSOEVER (you resign but will be kept on active payroll and simply won’t be given work or need to come in. For 8 months.).
8 months pay with the ability to get a new job is very tempting, especially for lower-paid workers. All that extra money could really cover some gaps and relieve financial pressures. It’s tempting. I get it.
ITS ALSO NOT LIKELY LEGAL AS WRITTEN AND YOUR AGREEMENT COULD ACTUALLY SCREW YOU. There’s a reason so many of the recent EOs and initial memorandums are getting halted or rewritten - no thought or research was given to what they can do given actual regulations and union contracts. Because many are coming from Musk via DOGE, and Musk has NEVER had to deal with unions, federal employee regulations, and strong opponents capable of fighting back HARD with decades of legal precedent at their back.
Reality seems to be hitting as an afterthought to all the shit spewing like a firehose from this administration. Don’t react to the first edition of ANYTHING. Given it a few days and see what actually can be done.
Pretty much every union with government workers is putting out statements warning and advising people not to fall for this. Listen to your union. Talke to other people, don't blindly fall in line.
Just noticed that three major websites to learn about employee rights and protections are "updating their systems"
First two are worker.gov and employer.gov
None of these pages are accessible right now
The other one I noticed is down (with the exact same "system update" message) is elaws Advisor, the resource which connects workers with pro bono labor lawyers.
I know a company that does both these things and no surprise, when you shop there, the employees are always miserable and agitated.You should kill your managers in such situations imo. The only reason I receive treatment slightly above this is i'm lucky enough to have managers who are also bothered by these business practices. The water one is especially bad if you have heat intolerance, I was so sick regularly before I switched to a department with more leniency regarding water.
Depending on where you live these things may violate labor laws though so if you're in the same situation look into it. However in my experience any labor law violations happen without consequence regardless
"a department with more leniency regarding water" is an insane string of words
If you live in the US, the water thing absolutely violates labor laws.
OSHA requires employers to provide potable water to employees in the workplace. This water must be accessible to all employees and can be used for drinking, washing, and other personal needs.
Water quantity: The amount of water provided must be enough to meet the needs of all employees, taking into account the air temperature, humidity, and the type of work being done.
Water access: The water must be readily accessible to employees.
The lack of chairs is an OSHA violation too.
The approved code of practice on the regulations requires employers to provide suitable seats for workers who have to stand to carry out their work, if the type of work gives them an opportunity to sit from time to time and provide suitable seats for workers to use during breaks.
Yes, violations often happen without consequences. But remember, not keeping the poster with all your rights as a worker visible? Is a violation too.
Document it. Photos, screenshots, save your emails, record conversations if you're in a one-party consent state. Then?
Report their asses.
If nothing happens, report them again. And again and again, until someone pays attention.
Here's the link with info and how to file a complaint:
You can report labor law violations to OSHA online, in person or by mail, phone or fax. Employees can also file a report if retaliation occu
You can also call them: 1-800-321-OSHA
Keep in mind: complaints signed and submitted to local OSHA offices are more likely to result in OSHA inspections. Therefore, sending your complaints to OSHA's national headquarters may not be the fastest or most efficient method.
If you file online, it's automatically routed to the appropriate local office.
Even if there is not a specific guideline for the thing you want to report, all employers must adhere to the "general duty" clause... and you'd be surprised about all the things that fall under that.
For example, refusal to provide chairs anywhere in the building (in addition to being illegal and discriminatory anyway) also comes under the "fall protection" hazard. The CDC recommends that standing any longer than 15-30 minutes per hour can become a serious health hazard.
Yes- companies will always try to get away with breaking the law and fucking you over. That's how they've made their money.
But having a defeatist attitude and believing there is nothing you can do, and they'll never experience a consequence, so why bother reporting, is exactly how a lot of them keep getting away with it.
There are more of us workers than there are bosses. Solidarity- stand together, know your rights, and fight for them like hell. That is how we affect change.
People die on the job every summer. Remember that water and shade breaks are crucial when working in the heat, and calling emergency services for signs of serious heat illness (fatigue, nausea/vomiting, headaches, dizziness, clammy skin, confusion, agitation, slurred speech, high body temperature, rapid heart rate, etc.) is entirely appropriate. If you’re afraid to call 911 for reasons such as being undocumented, you’ll need to get very familiar with how to prevent, recognize, and treat heat illness. If you are symptomatic and not allowed a break, water, or medical treatment, walk out. No matter how broke you are, your job is not worth your life.
Absolutely bonkers that I'm now one of those weirdos you hear about on Twitter
I committed to the bit so hard that I also committed misdemeanor impersonation of a government official
@huffy-the-bicycle-slayer honestly I think this was a massive missed opportunity on the part of the government. I literally learned stuff from osha-official that I proceeded to use IN A VERY REAL OSHA COMPLAINT that resulted in my (now-former) job facing some very serious consequences (as in “you have 48 hours to present a plan and timeline to fix this or we’re shutting you down” consequences). The OSHA employee who handled my complaint said it was one of the best-written and most comprehensive he’d seen in the 20 years he’d been doing the job. The bullet-pointing and management jargon I learned elsewhere, but the forklift certification issues and the lack of adequate safety exits? That was YOU.
It’s not a joke that your blog may have saved lives at my job, because out of eleven infractions I turned in, five were deemed to be “an immediate threat to life and safety.” The government should have offered you a paycheck to keep going as an actual OSHA employee, because you were absolutely teaching us stuff that makes our jobs safer and told us what resources to use if we needed to swing the OSHA club at our bosses and you were doing it in a format that was accessible and popular with your audience. That should be any organization’s absolute DREAM.
So if they won’t thank you, I will: on behalf of about 100 employees who are no longer working in a building full of flammables with no fire extinguishers and no exits from the entire back half of the building, a building where uncertified forklift drivers rammed into support columns and made the walls shake, a building where the HVAC system was full of black mold, thank you, for giving me the tools and courage to pick up the phone and fix the problem.
The booming popularity of countertops made of engineered stone has driven a new epidemic of silicosis, an incurable lung disease, researcher
We've apparently invented an artificial stone that, when cut, functions as a kind of Super Asbestos.
So, you know, watch out for that.
Nononono silica dust is a known and common hazard in construction and manufacturing. This is deliberate and horrifying neglect on the part of these employers. They could have properly implemented engineering controls, they could have required respirators on the shop floor. What you call "super asbestos" (silica dust) has been killing people for centuries, as long as people have been stonemasons really. OSHA has strict standards regarding the PEL for silica dust, but there is a dangerous lack of awareness and enforcement of safety protocols. This is not some new horror of the culture of capitalism, this is ordinary and awful and age old neglect.
Silicosis is an old problem, but this specific case is a new horror.
If you read the article, it points out that silicosis has been around a long time, but engineered stone has a much higher percentage of silica than ordinary stone, and so instead of dying of silicosis in their sixties or seventies, men are being disabled or dying as early as their twenties. Even the workshops that are using the standard safety protocols aren't safe, because this material is so dangerous:
Nearly half of the workers suffering silicosis in the UCLA and UCSF study said their workplaces were using water to control dust. Roughly a quarter said they always had respiratory protection. Fazio said studies have found that in many shops, dust is so thick in the air that respirators cannot filter out a sufficient amount.
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In Australia, where the government is weighing whether to ban engineered stone, a professional group whose members assess worker health hazards concluded that the high concentration of silica in engineered stone makes it difficult for measures such as wet cutting and ventilation to adequately protect workers.
Happy welding safety Wednesday
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Just incase anyone is wondering, I'm still planning on coming back to this blog at some point, I've just been really burnt out and getting my life together. Stay safe fellow employees 👷♀️
In a very important home life update: we got a high vis vest for one of our chickens
They apparently have a great unintended use of stopping hens from getting bullied, so we got one to try it out since the above hen gets excessively picked on by the others (we don't really know why).
Shout put to the wonderful @gingervivilou who told me about it!!
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Who is protected by OSHA?
The most frequently asked question I recieve is "Am I even covered by OSHA?" It's not always clear who is and isn't covered by OSHA, and there can even be room for interpretation.
The official text on OSHA.gov states:
"The OSH Act covers most private sector employers and their workers, in addition to some public sector employers and workers in the 50 states and certain territories and jurisdictions under federal authority."
In order to fall under OSHA jurisdiction you must be an employee working in the US or a US territory. There are a number of exceptions however. Private sector employees not covered by OSHA are:
"self-employed workers (independent contractors), immediate family members of farm employers, and workers whose hazards are regulated by another federal agency"
Follow this link to see list of other US regulatory agencies
Federal OSHA also does not cover employees of government agencies, which includes: public schools/universities, public transit agencies, and first responders such and firefighters and law enforcement.
However public sector employees are required to be covered in states that have an OSHA approved state plan. The map below shows which states have their own OSHA plans.
(Source: sixfifty.com)
You can visit OSHA.gov/stateplans to learn more about your OSHA coverage
about to go out and make some unsafe posts now that osha-official has been banned
What OSHA regulations apply when transporting personal in the bucket of an excavator?
OSHA standard 1926.602(c)(1)(vii) establishes:
"Unauthorized personnel shall not be permitted to ride on powered industrial trucks. A safe place to ride shall be provided where riding of trucks is authorized."
This means that employees may only ride in/on areas of a vehicle specifically designed to ridden in/on.
Standard 1926.602(c)(1)(viii) establishes standards for the safe transport of personnel on modified industrial trucks.
A safety platform must be used and securely affixed to the lifting arm/forks of the vehicle
Riders on the platform must have means to shut off power to the truck
Riders and operators must be protected from falling hazards.
In summary, don't ride in the bucket.
