So before I started my business I worked for my old boss for 10 years. He would always talk about being careful about stuff “because OSHA could show up” like they were some type of boogeyman. In those 10 years I never once saw anyone from any type of regulatory body.
So was my boss just being paranoid? What are the odds someone from OSHA actually would be around? have you ever dealt with them?
At an old job, we had what was supposed to be a serious and potentially threatening OSHA presentation. All the warehouse crew was there and all the managers. Fast forward 6 months and there are OSHA violations everywhere. PPE, cell phones, unlicensed forklift driving, racing forklifts, parking pallets in front of marked electrical panels, etc.
I called OSHA after witnessing one of the managers getting wheeled around on a pallet that was forked up high so he could reach the roof trusses. Everyone watching it was yeehawing like it was a rodeo.
Our OSHA contact did nothing. No calls or visits or penalties. What a joke.
OSHA’s budget gets cut to the bone (just like the FDA’s budget for food inspections, especially slaughter houses), but the Defense budget is overflowing…