Monday, June 9th, 2008
Because regulating on the honor system works soooo well… *HEADDESK*
MSRNC: Little oversight in risky crane industy.
Few rules, little oversight in crane industry
Some states have no regulations and opt for outdated federal guidelines — Associated PressNEW YORK — Dan Mooney has no idea what it will take for his construction cranes to pass inspection.
The crane company owner recently asked New York City officials for a list of safety hazards that inspectors look for. He was told that information wasn’t public.
“How am I supposed to know what I need if you won’t tell me?” Mooney asked. “It’s like not posting the speed limit.”
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The crane standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were last updated in 1971. They require cranes to be inspected once a year. But most of the inspections never happen. OSHA, which is part of the Labor Department, inspected only about 23,000 of the country’s some 4 million construction sites last year.
Patchwork safety regs; OSHA standards that haven’t been updated in nearly four deacdes; required safety inspections not performed; hands up, who didn’t see this coming? Yeah, I figured as much.
