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How much time did they give you to fix everything? No big fines I take it.
I need the MSD sheets. All of my spray paint, thinners and oil-based paint are in metal cabinets. The fire dept. has to inspect all commercial locations for about $100.00 here & you need to have before you get your location approved. I have 4 fire extinguisers for 2,000 sq ft
You may want to get some for your home, I was just involved in a fire in an attic at a freinds neighbors house. The heat exchange unit caught on fire & the lady was running down the street trying to find one!
-------------------- Rob Thomas 3410 Ketcham Ct Beautiful Springs FL 34134 Posts: 965 | From: Bonita Springs, Florida USA | Registered: Feb 2000
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an old refrigerator makes a good paint cabinet.
-------------------- Jimmy Chatham Chatham Signs 468 stark st Commerce, Ga 30529 Posts: 1766 | From: Commerce, GA, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Let us know what your fine will be. It will come in the mail. I didn't have a ground fault on my extension cord at the Galleria Mall in Buffalo...........$850.00. Got a lawyer and they reduced it to $450.00. They do not tell of a fine at the time they are there, it comes certified mail so they do not have to deal with you! I went back to a one man shop after that, as a one man shop is not open to OSHA rules. I was like you, one employee. It opened up a mess!!
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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I'm curious whether you get a fine first off...let us know (but I hope you don't!).
Only reason I am curious is that USUALLY around here they are fairly unaggressive when they make their initial visit, unless you treat the Inspector like a turd or you have some REAL flagrant violations (Ashtray in the paint booth, etc.). Normally they give you three days to two weeks to align yourself.
Actually the other way to get them to descend on you like Rottweilers on a pizza is to have someone get hurt at your shop. I'd rather have the Mafia after me than the OHSA people.
-------------------- Steve Burke Cascades Inc NS Canada
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I treated them with respect as this was my first encounter with OSHA and I figured just this one problem was no big deal. I even sent my man to an electric shop and fixed the problem while they were still there!!!
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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