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Minte · 01-10-2014, 08:33 AM

There is another side of this that is very common. States do have regulations that are ignored by companies because they know that most states or the feds don't hire enough staff to be out in the field checking for violations.

The normal pattern for most of the regulatory agencies that I have dealt with is they spend the majority of their time looking at businesses they already caught.

As an example, we went for over 20 years without an OSHA inspection. Then a disgruntled employee called them and made up a bullshit list of allegations about things we were doing illegally. OSHA came in for 2 days and went through every line on the complaint and when they were finished they found nothing. No fines.

Since that event about 5 years ago they have been back 3 times. Twice they did fine us for stupid stuff. $2750 for having the wrong nozzle on a couple of airhoses. They have to have holes up toward the tip. And they dinged us for another $2500 for having an electrical box with knockouts. The knockouts were in place, but it didn't matter.

That's the way it goes with government. We are on their shit list so I expect we will see them again this year.

01-10-2014, 08:33 AM
Minte Babemeister Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Madison Posts: 7,081	There is another side of this that is very common. States do have regulations that are ignored by companies because they know that most states or the feds don't hire enough staff to be out in the field checking for violations. The normal pattern for most of the regulatory agencies that I have dealt with is they spend the majority of their time looking at businesses they already caught. As an example, we went for over 20 years without an OSHA inspection. Then a disgruntled employee called them and made up a bullshit list of allegations about things we were doing illegally. OSHA came in for 2 days and went through every line on the complaint and when they were finished they found nothing. No fines. Since that event about 5 years ago they have been back 3 times. Twice they did fine us for stupid stuff. $2750 for having the wrong nozzle on a couple of airhoses. They have to have holes up toward the tip. And they dinged us for another $2500 for having an electrical box with knockouts. The knockouts were in place, but it didn't matter. That's the way it goes with government. We are on their shit list so I expect we will see them again this year. __________________ You might not be as anonymous as you think you are.