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Watch the video and identify the safety hazards, make comments with suggestions for better alternatives.

On the previous post, OSHA Inspections I used this video to begin to discuss OSHA visits. In this post I want to identify a few of the safety hazards, and get some feedback on what you might think about this.  How many do you identify? The initial safety hazard that I notice is the height that the workers are working at is at least 10, and probably 12 feet from the ground.  A fall from this height can be deadly or crippling.  Most falls from this height result in a significant injury to the employee. The second hazard noted is the employees...

What makes OSHA stop and visit, and inspect, and question and fine????

Watching the video you will see first one person in the bucket, and then two, and you might think to yourself "Self, That seems dangerous to me!!!”  They clearly are not working safely.   There are a couple of questions that immediately come to mind for me.  I'll get into those later though, because this is exactly the type of thing that OSHA Inspectors either see on their own, or have sent to them on video just like this. This type of video may cause an inspection based upon referral or complaint of unsafe...