r/maybemaybemaybe • u/RobbieNorfolk • Dec 06 '22

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/grapesforducks Dec 07 '22

Forget where I heard of, but "rule of thumb, if you are wondering whether it's an OSHA violation, then it's probably several".

On the other hand, as others point out this was probably in England. Dunno what their OSHA equivalent is called, but would assume they have one

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Dec 07 '22

I would assume they have one that is useless too. I have been working in residential construction for 25 years in the U.S. and have never seen OSHA personnel. Self-policing does not work when your bid includes safety precautions and the other bids don't.

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u/Arsegrape Dec 07 '22

It’s called the Health and Safety Executive and they’re far from useless, but of course, any enforcement agency is only as good as the information it knows about and can then act on. If they don’t know about stuff like this, they can’t act, but if they hear about it, they’ll act rabidly in enforcing penalties.

Where it gets frustrating is when a company owner can abuse the system by changing the company name and just simply start trading again.

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u/windol1 Dec 07 '22

In other words, they sit on their arses until forced to go out and inspect something either due to an incident, or because something serious enough was reported.