Re: The joke known as OSHA

[Guest guest]

OSHA was no help when I got sick at work. He waved this little wand thing and

said moisture level is ok and laughed. The basement had six feet of mold up

the walls.

Janet

[Guest guest]

The government doesnt care. They forced me out on retirement disability. OSHA

would have nothing to do with this place. This was a government Naval

Shipyard.They denied me workmens comp. I jumped through so many hoops and got no

where. On my own is rifght.

Janet

[Guest guest]

They did hide a report that the mold was bad and that people sick should seek

medical attention but even this was not enough. They said they gave me a

clean room to work in. I couldnt leave to go to the bathroom. To use a copier in

another part of the building or to eat.

[Guest guest]

Congress has slashed funding for enforcement at OSHA and NIOSH during the

last few years, so

even if they did write up something, (unlikely) the chances of them being

able to actually do anything

about it are next to none.

Also, the recent trend has been to appoint people to head these agencies who

used to work in the industries

that are theoretically being regulated.

It's kind of an inside joke - on us, those who would be foolish enough to

think

complaining to them would accomplish something.

You would probably have much better luck with your state and local

authorities..

depending on where you live of course. (big variations depending on that!)

Even in the cities with the best laws, the lack of standards means that no

test results nomatter how bad show that any situation is not safe to

bureaucracies. They are also EAGER to get off the hook of having to help you

in this politically difficult situation for them.

Thats what it comes down to in the final analysis, it seems to me.

So beware of counting on any help from the government because there are no

mold standards in the US for any kinds of mold at all, toxic or not. You are

on your own.

On 1/28/07, Gingersnap1964@... <Gingersnap1964@...> wrote:

>

> OSHA was no help when I got sick at work. He waved this little wand

> thing and

> said moisture level is ok and laughed. The basement had six feet of mold

> up

> the walls.

> Janet

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think that they are on the honor system..

Just as the rest of the US is.

Voluntary self-policing.

>>are there regulations about mold in hospitals? where might i find that

info, please?

v.

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I've searched high and low for this information and can't find

anything. I appologize and will have to assume that the person who

told me this was misinformed. It may have be on a state by state

basis. All I could find was this link.

http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/katrinadata/mold.asp

I found that insurance companies seem to be against states enacting

laws about mold because they don't want to have to pay for insurance

claims.

June

>

> are there regulations about mold in hospitals? where might i find

that info, please?

> v.

>

> [] The joke known as OSHA

>

>

> Hello,

> If you have a problem in your building with mold and broken HVAC

> systems, don't contact OSHA. First, unless you work in a hospital,

> there are no government regulations on mold spores and OSHA is legally

> not allowed to air test buildings for mold. Second, because of either

> a lack of interest or funding, OSHA does not inspect large HVAC

> systems. In addition, if the building temperature is out of the legal

> range and people complain, they don't do anything.

>

> I was told explicitly by the inspector that if these problems needed

> to " really " be checked, outside contractors and professional inpectors

> would need to visit the premises because OSHA's funding and their

> inspections are very limited.

>

> I guess all you need to do is look at what took place with some of the

> people at the World Trade Center to get a glimpse of how they operate.

>

> What is it they do or than being an bloated underfunded government

> agency? Good question. They look at copies of maintenance records and

> do a visual inspection of the premises. I think their purpose is to

> protect the building owners.

>

> All I can tell you is that if you have these problems in your building

> and they're making you sick, get out.

>

> June

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

thanks!

victoria

[] The joke known as OSHA

>

>

> Hello,

> If you have a problem in your building with mold and broken HVAC

> systems, don't contact OSHA. First, unless you work in a hospital,

> there are no government regulations on mold spores and OSHA is legally

> not allowed to air test buildings for mold. Second, because of either

> a lack of interest or funding, OSHA does not inspect large HVAC

> systems. In addition, if the building temperature is out of the legal

> range and people complain, they don't do anything.

>

> I was told explicitly by the inspector that if these problems needed

> to " really " be checked, outside contractors and professional inpectors

> would need to visit the premises because OSHA's funding and their

> inspections are very limited.

>

> I guess all you need to do is look at what took place with some of the

> people at the World Trade Center to get a glimpse of how they operate.

>

> What is it they do or than being an bloated underfunded government

> agency? Good question. They look at copies of maintenance records and

> do a visual inspection of the premises. I think their purpose is to

> protect the building owners.

>

> All I can tell you is that if you have these problems in your building

> and they're making you sick, get out.

>

> June

>

>

>

>

>

>