texas transplant
Silver Member
Re: Home Depot Crew
Rick,
You are right on some small part of your postings.
I am not going to risk my life or that of my inspectors to make an inspection. If it is not safe, the inspection is put on hold until it is safe to enter the site and the sturcture.
I will go find the contractor in charge and explain the problem to him. If he doesn't fix the problem, I have been known to drop a dime to OSHA and make a complaint.
I don't think there is a person on this board that is going to risk life and limb to get an inspection made. The vast majority of the posters on this board seem to be sane, rational and have a great love of life. They are also in this business because they like what they do and get a good feeling being involved in public safety. They sure aren't in it for the money. They are going to do what they can and what is right, maybe just not the way you think it oughta be done.
Am I (or my inspectors) going to call out every little percieved OSHA violation we see or stop work if we think we see something? NO!!!! Like stated above if you do that you better have an up to date and very good resume "Cuz you ain't gonna be working anywhere for long and after a while only flipping burgers or something."!!!!
So give your compadres on this board a little credit and chill out. You just went through an entire (very long) discussion about unqualified persons reviewing structural calcs, why do you want unqualified persons stopping jobs for OSHA regs they haven't been train to enforce.
In the real world, slowing down a plan review because of making an incorrect call out on a structural calc (presuming the right calcs are untimately used) cost everyone a little more time in the permit cycle and usually not a lot of money to anyone. Make an incorrect call out on an OSHA reg you have no business making in the first place and shutting down a job, you better get your and the City's checkbooks out because sooner or later you are gonna get called on it and you are going to pay for the damages you caused to the developer for lost time, interest on his money etc. etc. etc. And that can be a lot of money in a short period of time.
Rick,
You are right on some small part of your postings.
I am not going to risk my life or that of my inspectors to make an inspection. If it is not safe, the inspection is put on hold until it is safe to enter the site and the sturcture.
I will go find the contractor in charge and explain the problem to him. If he doesn't fix the problem, I have been known to drop a dime to OSHA and make a complaint.
I don't think there is a person on this board that is going to risk life and limb to get an inspection made. The vast majority of the posters on this board seem to be sane, rational and have a great love of life. They are also in this business because they like what they do and get a good feeling being involved in public safety. They sure aren't in it for the money. They are going to do what they can and what is right, maybe just not the way you think it oughta be done.
Am I (or my inspectors) going to call out every little percieved OSHA violation we see or stop work if we think we see something? NO!!!! Like stated above if you do that you better have an up to date and very good resume "Cuz you ain't gonna be working anywhere for long and after a while only flipping burgers or something."!!!!
So give your compadres on this board a little credit and chill out. You just went through an entire (very long) discussion about unqualified persons reviewing structural calcs, why do you want unqualified persons stopping jobs for OSHA regs they haven't been train to enforce.
In the real world, slowing down a plan review because of making an incorrect call out on a structural calc (presuming the right calcs are untimately used) cost everyone a little more time in the permit cycle and usually not a lot of money to anyone. Make an incorrect call out on an OSHA reg you have no business making in the first place and shutting down a job, you better get your and the City's checkbooks out because sooner or later you are gonna get called on it and you are going to pay for the damages you caused to the developer for lost time, interest on his money etc. etc. etc. And that can be a lot of money in a short period of time.