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09-03-2009, 04:26 PM
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EC fined for not following 70E
Big fines for contractors not following 70E. These have been coming out on at least a weekly basis as of late, if your company has not had the right traingin and the right PPE and right EEWP's, better get going, OSHA is all over EC's right now.
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owad...SES&p_id=16332
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09-03-2009, 05:19 PM
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Has there been any contractors in Charlotte N.C. get fined?
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09-03-2009, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by william1978
Has there been any contractors in Charlotte N.C. get fined?
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WOrried? 
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09-03-2009, 08:42 PM
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WOrried?
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No, just curious.
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09-03-2009, 09:54 PM
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Has there been any contractors in Charlotte N.C. get fined?
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Don't know, I am more or less out of the "Safety world" these days, moved on to other things. I still get all the OSHA announcements like this but usually just delete them, was bored today and read this one.
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09-03-2009, 09:56 PM
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Ok, I gotcha.
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09-06-2009, 05:49 AM
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That is like the fluorecsent lamp E.P.A. properly storing/disposing Police.
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09-06-2009, 07:55 AM
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That is like the fluorecsent lamp E.P.A. properly storing/disposing Police.
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You mean that you're not supposed to drive down alleyways, putting a couple dozen in each dumpster you come across? 
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09-06-2009, 08:46 AM
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You mean that you're not supposed to drive down alleyways, putting a couple dozen in each dumpster you come across? |
Been there done that.
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09-06-2009, 09:57 AM
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09-06-2009, 02:09 PM
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yep, thats about right
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09-07-2009, 09:01 AM
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How did you get that picture of Peter?
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09-07-2009, 09:07 AM
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This might be a stupid question, but here goes. Let's say I am running a company that just got fined $148,000 by OSHA, and I have only $2000 in the bank which I did not have earmarked for paying fines with.
Does that company just declare bankruptcy? 
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09-07-2009, 09:15 AM
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This might be a stupid question, but here goes. Let's say I am running a company that just got fined $148,000 by OSHA, and I have only $2000 in the bank which I did not have earmarked for paying fines with.
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Good question, I've always wondered the samething. 
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09-07-2009, 09:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by George Stolz
This might be a stupid question, but here goes. Let's say I am running a company that just got fined $148,000 by OSHA, and I have only $2000 in the bank which I did not have earmarked for paying fines with.
Does that company just declare bankruptcy? |
It might.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejou.../17610379.html
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09-07-2009, 09:23 AM
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It's a bad link Bob.
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09-07-2009, 09:30 AM
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It's a bad link Bob.
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It works for me ............. you must be clicking it wrong. 
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09-07-2009, 09:34 AM
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It's a bad link Bob.
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I just read the link...???
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09-07-2009, 09:42 AM
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It works for me ............. you must be clicking it wrong. |
I don't know why it kept saying sorry broken link, but it works now. Thanks great link answered all of my questions about that.
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09-07-2009, 09:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by George Stolz
This might be a stupid question, but here goes. Let's say I am running a company that just got fined $148,000 by OSHA, and I have only $2000 in the bank which I did not have earmarked for paying fines with.
Does that company just declare bankruptcy? |
Very, very seldom does the company have the pay the full fine. You work with OSHA to develop a safety program, and most of the fine is dropped. The rest are often negotiated out to something near 10 cents on the dollar. That 148,000 dollar fine probably ended up closer to 15 or 20 grand, in reality.
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