#osha regulations

[uebermacht]

I think it technically is cop behaviour though, but in a more abstract sense.

OSHA regulations are, at least where I live, anchored in a bunch of federal laws and there are government officials that explicitly have the executive power and duty to enforce them, kind of like cops do (or are supposed to do at least).

Usually, the "victims" of that are the CEOs and employers, when they are forced to fix things up to make their workplace better and safer (who don't deserve much pity). But like all laws, they're a double-edged sword sometimes and they can (depending on the situation) potentially lead to some drawbacks for employees as well.

Still, overall the benefits obviously outshine the negatives, so a great thing to employ and continue to improve on (and not "cop behaviour" in the classical sense).

I’m still thinking about that “is OSHA regulations Cop Behavior” post. Like. You know who thinks regulations are for losers? People who build submersibles out of logitech gamepads and rejected carbon fibre. People who trust starlink as their only surface lifeline.

Do you wanna be like the fine film on the floor of the Atlantic that was once a billionaire? Is that the hill you’re really gonna die on?

We have an expression in my field- “Regulations Are Written In Blood”

People don’t have fucking safety standards as a power trip, we have them because somewhere in the past, NOT having those regulations killed or maimed someone.

A lot of laws out there are bullshit- safety regulations sure as fuck aren’t. I have the literal scars to prove it.

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[carby]

Amazing things happening in Safety Compliance

[tamagoneko]

someone put a glitter cannon within a no party cannon zone and started playing patty cake infront of it smh

[showrunnerihardlyknowher]

12ft aliens and the human crewmate they said they didn't want be like

[beepborpdoodledorp]

Okay this is cute shut up

[consistantly-changing]

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You call it "a gross violation of OSHA standard 1915.56(b)(4)", I call it "environmental storytelling".

[ridenwithbiden]

[wingsofahoneybee]

shes so wonky <3

[orange-orchard-system]

Thinking about how people think retail work is "easy", the idea that "unskilled labor is a myth", and some discussion/discourse I've seen about workers preferring to do sex work over retail. And I think many people just don't realize that retail work has a physical danger to it – and no, not just from other people.

Exactly what people do in their jobs will vary depending on the business, but as for me? I work with sharp metal and plastic at high speeds. Heavy objects could be dropped directly onto my head if I'm not extremely careful, and even then, all it takes is a slip of the hand. Due to our refrigerators and freezers, I am jumping between temperatures several hundred times a day, which leaves my body suffering from the whiplash. I am thankful to have a manager that enforces breaks, but my job takes a toll on me even on the mildest of work days. I could get seriously hurt, and a lot is already being asked of me.

"Retail/fast food/etc. is unskilled labor –" okay but I am not selling expert labor to you, I am selling my well-being. I am being paid to do not just the things you don't or can't do, but to damage and risk my body and overall health in these specific ways so that your day might be a little better.

And honestly, I'd be fine with that, if I got some recognition for it (in both pay and general attitude). I am fine with a little risk and damage so long as it's for proper compensation – I don't view this work as demeaning by nature, and I take pride in my skill at doing it. It's just that I wished others around me cared more about this side of my job.

On a similar note, restaurant/fast food/etc. workers are not just being paid to make and bring out your food. They are being paid to risk oil burns, regular burns, scaldings, being stabbed or sliced, their hands being mangled by equipment, their fingers being crushed by machinery, any number of diseases that food can carry before it's prepared, and death if something goes wrong with the gas. All for your convenience.

It doesn't matter if it's unskilled, or if "anyone can do it". A good salary is one that takes into account what one is sacrificing and risking to complete this job. It takes into account the damage to one's body and the everyday dangers they are in. Salary is, as people know, payment for energy and time, but it is also a reimbursement for the expense of putting oneself in harm's way, and a person's salary should reflect that.

This isn't meant to shame customers. I think it'd be a little silly to shame people for taking on my services when I am well aware of the risks in them (although I acknowledge that gets complicated when people have to take these kinds of jobs regardless of the risks, due to desperately needing money). It's more of a perspective I don't see others talk about often. Even before factoring in shitty bosses, crappy work environments, and the like, these sorts of jobs have dangers and cause damages that should be acknowledged. And people should be properly compensated for taking them on.

[laplacesdevil]

Revenge on @lightishpurple for Ryder Doe! Shout out Phone Guys forever

[funkytrashsuperstructure]

so, uh, i have an unhinged prediction for how the 2024 election cycle will go

original under the cut

[cursezoroark]

inconvenient flight

[anti-ao3]

fandom ppl will literally make anything about fandoms and claim that we aren't normal about fiction lmao.

[blushft]

Is wayne hylics OSHA approved

wayne is not a work environment! and therefore is not susceptible to osha regulation.

on the contrary, if you were to ask me if hylemxylem was osha approved, i could go on for hours about the COUNTLESS osha violations that gibby hylics has/would have sustained. (all being due to the extremely unsafe work environment he operates, of course.)