New OSHA regs for the home? Can it be?

And you forgot to mention that OSHA regulations are going to be extended to all household appliances, including things like electric toothbrushes and personal massage devices. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

They’ll get my toothbrush when they pry it from my cold dead hands!

-- Father of two sons. Both Eagle Scouts.

Socialism at it’s finest

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas

This just BETTER be an April Fool’s Day post!!! GRRRRRR

-- If Stradivarius was alive today, he'd be using Gorilla Glue.

IT”S TRUE!!!!

I had a regulator check my shop just today! I was told that they are specifically targeting shops that have been tracked on the internet. Because I baught an old chisel on ebay they came here. Several of my machines were confiscated and my shop has been sealed until I bring it up to code!

HELP!

-- POST NUBILA SOL - After clouds sunshine

I Googled “OSHA Home Safety Compliance Division” and this thread is the only thing that shows up. Why do some people think they need to stir everyone up with garbage like this.

-- David, Southern Indiana

My wife just told me to make her a lockable box to keep the vibrators in, just in case OSHA shows up here! Ooops, I didn’t just type that did I?

-- Dan-- Info for all @ http://www.hoistman.com

Interesting reading… huuummmmm, it is April 1st though.

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

“my shop has been sealed until I bring it up to code!”

If they sealed your shop, how are you supposed to get inside to fix it? I don’t buy it.

-- David, Southern Indiana

David, its a joke.

I hate April 1st, but at least you KNOW its a joke when its April 1st right?

Actually, I thought it was rather well written….

-- Chris

Some people just don’t know what day it is. LOL!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

LOL——I loved it.

-- Talent on Loan from God - Rush Limbaugh ----------www.genesiswoodworks.com----------

APRIL FOOL

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

I heard that they wanted safer blades and knifes. Maybe some kind of soft rubber to protect us from ourselfs.

And the CPSC wants to work with them to make sure every item made in a home workshop is tested for lead.

-- Joe

Is it too late to sell everything?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Once you obtain all correct paper work and have it all verified. And pass the background check you sould be able to sell everything. But all the papers are time sensitive so you will have to price things low so they will sell fast.

Someone just posted the same thing on another forum. I called their bluff there too. I was expecting stuff like this today.

-- David, Southern Indiana

April fool…............ However, don’t give “them” any more ideas.

-- "Heaven is North of the Bridge"

If OSHA reads this thread then it won’t be a joke! I wouldnd’t put it past our government to try something like this.

-- Scott, South Carolina

OSHA needs to take all of our computers away. They do nothing but get us in trouble. Ah, but this story is very believable.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Hah!

When I worked in industry, not that long ago, OSHA couldn’t even do routine checks. They had all they could do to follow up on registered complaints.

Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Could SWBMT be considering a complaint against me because I have no guards on my hammers, my hand planes and the sharpened pencils?

Nah! She wouldn’t get any work out of me if that happened and they sealed my shop.

All the best to you,

d.

-- If a man says something in the forest and there's no woman to hear it, is he still wrong?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…....................... At first I thought this could be true….................LOL
Nice April Fools Joke.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

This was a SAD JOKE, I hope. The problem is that it is so darned believable.

I was thinking about signing up for a home inspectors job and then decided I appreciated living too much to do that.

-- Making Sawdust Safely

Ha! Nice.

-- Just 'cause a cat has kittens in the oven, it don't make 'em biscuits.

Donbee hit things right on the head. OSHA is so far behind they don’t need to make any more rules; besides they are trying to figure out if the got any Recovery and Reinvestment money (that’s the stimulus package for those who haven’t been informed of the new speak.)

-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!

...but will we be laughing tommorow when we have to put guards on our block sanders and rubber tips on all our awls.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

lol.

Now, let’s not forget blade guards on box knives, retracting plastic guards on all nails and screws and those great aluminum pyramid hats so aliens can’t get into our brains!

If you think that’s outrageous, you’ve never actually read any OSHA rules!

d

-- If a man says something in the forest and there's no woman to hear it, is he still wrong?

If anyone say my shop they would think it’s a good idea!

-- MARK IN BOB, So. CAL

Now that its the 2nd of April can I come out from my under ground tunnel and haul all my shop’s equipment back into the sunshine? Is it safe yet? It is the 2nd right? ; )

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

This is funny!

-- He said wood...http://hickbyassociation.blogspot.com/

Wait, we forgot the taxes associated with this…30% taxes on your tools and inventory of wood…

This is all part of the new economy plan – they are trying to produce millions of job positions for all those regulators that will be cruising town looking for garage shops. I hear it’s $29.99 for the regular service, and for an extra $4.99 they also check for air pressure.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Does that include greasing your sand paper?

-- Joe

I am so glad I contibuted to this yesterday. I thought it was very funny! And David, you officially get my nomination for grumpy-gus of the day! LOL.

-- POST NUBILA SOL - After clouds sunshine