On March 30, 2021 at 19:07, Redbiker98 said...
I can count on one hand the number of residential installs that full PPE enforced in my almost 20 years in this industry. The only time OSHA would ever walk a resi job is if someone filed a legitimate complaint or there was a serious injury or death on a job site. Otherwise, they just don't have the inspectors to check all new construction.
Rules and regulations as well as enforcement also vary from state to state, as well as individual counties and cities. For example: I'm in Houston, I was working on a home in the city of Houston, and saw no less than 4 different inspectors walk the house thoroughly. Up the street in neighboring subdivision, outside of the city limits in unincorporated Harris County, the ONE inspector just did a drive by, signed the permit, and was gone in under 3 minutes. Both neighborhoods are in the same area and same builders.
This is crazy to me. If you don't have a hard hat and safety boots (steel toe and shank) there's no point of showing up. Our Ministry of Labour will sit in their vehicles and take photos of guys not wearing proper ppe or doing something stupid and will bring the evidence with them when they come with their ticket book. They also don't just ticket the person that was not complying, this person will get the smallest ticket, the site super gets the next ticket, the guys company gets the next ticket and the site company gets the final ticket, with tickets ranging from $100 up to $25,000.
Well, with "free" healthcare, your government needs to do all they can to keep people from getting hurt. I'm not saying that's a bad thing.
It isn't our healthcare that is affected (although I'm sure it is to a point). Every business has to pay into WSIB (workplace safety insurance board) and this is where the payouts come from for the person on disability or their medical bills (our health care isn't free, it's just paid for in our taxes). They payout millions each year on preventable "accidents" which increases premiums and the price. From my last training session (about 3 years ago) they pay out more from accidents happening working off a ladder (step or extension) than from all the big commercial/industrial accidents combined and most of these accidents include deaths.
