When Will Some Employers get the Message?!?!?

Read the initial story HERE

All I can say about this is how absolutely FURIOUS it makes me! Here is the Company/Owner info: The facility, at 10650 Mill Road just off state Route 64, is owned by Haasbach LLC, (or Haafbach, depending on which story, I found contact info for Haafbach)which is owned by the Harbach Family Partnership, based in Warren, and Haas & Haas, LLC, based in Elizabeth.

3 employees, one of them a CHILD (14) working in a grain bin with no fall/retrieval equipment. 2 of the 3 employees died, one of them the 14 year old BOY who should not have even been performing this hazardous work. That's not my opinion folks THAT'S THE LAW!

OSHA is investigating, we'll see how that turns out. I'll be very interested to see what kind of fines this Company gets for it's absolute disregard for human life.

For something this idiotic and negligent to happen when the Permit Required Confined Standard (29 CFR 1910.146) hasn't changed in almost 20 YEARS is completely unacceptable!

For those interested, Grain Handling Facilities are covered under General Industry standards, not Agricultural - 1910.272

I'll be watching this one closely as it goes on.

SafTguY

OK - OK - It's been a while...here's an Ergonomics Nightmare

I know it's been almost 2 months since I've posted anything. In way of excuse, I will say I had 10 days on the motorcycle, 3 days of bereavement and since then....well let's just say I won't be drinking out of any public water coolers for a long time...

Anyway, as my apology, I will be posting several videos over the next few days.

First, anyone who's ever managed a construction site wishes they had a hundred of these crews. Look at the form, the poise, the stamina... these guys are sure to be walking around the site, with arms raised and shoulders back for years to come...

OK, maybe shoulders stooped...and I'll give you that they probably won't raise their arms much after a few years...be lucky if they're even walking, I guess... but OH to manage one job with a crew that works this hard!

Download the video HERE.