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"So who are the OSHA managers and admins who wrote this up and approved this current version of the proposed changes?"
Read the part where the ammunition manufacturers wrote the proposed changes to the reg. SAAMI and IME wrote a 47 page document (petition) to OSHA containing the changes that they wanted: SAAMI and IME wrote most of the reg. Look at the bullet comments. This is what IME and SAAMI wanted addressed.
OSHA really left ammunitioin and explosive makers pretty much to regulate themselves. Ths only time OSHA ever came to a site was after a serious explosive accident. Then IME and SAAMI rocked the boat. It had nothing to do with Shumer, Ted Kennedy or any of the other putrid politicians in congress. OSHA is an executive agency under the George Bush Department of Labor.
"The Petition"
"On July 29, 2002, OSHA received a
petition (the Petition) from the Institute
of Makers of Explosives (IME) and the
Sporting Arms and Ammunition
Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) to
revise the standard. A copy of the
Petition can be found at Docket No.
OSHA–S031–2006–0665 (Ex. 2–1). IMEis an association of manufacturers of
high explosives and other companies
that distribute explosives or provide
other related services and the SAAMI is
an association of manufacturers of
sporting firearms, ammunition, and
related components. The Petition
claimed that § 1910.109 does not reflect
significant technological and safety
advances made by the explosives
industry since the standard was
promulgated. It further contended that
the standard contains outdated
references, classifications, and
jurisdiction-related provisions that do
not accurately represent the current
regulatory environment.
The Petition requested OSHA to make
a number of changes to the standard,
including the following, and provided
draft regulatory language:
• Exclude the manufacture of
explosives from the PSM requirements
of § 1910.119 and incorporate revised
PSM requirements for the manufacture
of explosives into § 1910.109;
• Replace references to outdated DOT
explosives classifications with the
current DOT classification system;
• Eliminate the provisions in
§ 1910.109 covering the storage of
explosives and the construction of
magazines because they are regulated by
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives (ATF);
• Eliminate provisions in § 1910.109
applicable to the transportation of
explosives on public highways because
such transportation is regulated by DOT;
• Update provisions for guarding
against accidental initiation by sources
of extraneous electricity;
• Include provisions governing the
intra-plant transportation of explosives;
• Include provisions for the use of
nonelectric detonation systems;
• Revise provisions regarding the
crimping of detonators to safety fuse;
• Update provisions for clearing the
blasting area of unauthorized personnel;
and
• Update the provisions for the
design of bulk delivery and mixing
vehicles and of mixing equipment."
Read the part where the ammunition manufacturers wrote the proposed changes to the reg. SAAMI and IME wrote a 47 page document (petition) to OSHA containing the changes that they wanted: SAAMI and IME wrote most of the reg. Look at the bullet comments. This is what IME and SAAMI wanted addressed.
OSHA really left ammunitioin and explosive makers pretty much to regulate themselves. Ths only time OSHA ever came to a site was after a serious explosive accident. Then IME and SAAMI rocked the boat. It had nothing to do with Shumer, Ted Kennedy or any of the other putrid politicians in congress. OSHA is an executive agency under the George Bush Department of Labor.
"The Petition"
"On July 29, 2002, OSHA received a
petition (the Petition) from the Institute
of Makers of Explosives (IME) and the
Sporting Arms and Ammunition
Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) to
revise the standard. A copy of the
Petition can be found at Docket No.
OSHA–S031–2006–0665 (Ex. 2–1). IMEis an association of manufacturers of
high explosives and other companies
that distribute explosives or provide
other related services and the SAAMI is
an association of manufacturers of
sporting firearms, ammunition, and
related components. The Petition
claimed that § 1910.109 does not reflect
significant technological and safety
advances made by the explosives
industry since the standard was
promulgated. It further contended that
the standard contains outdated
references, classifications, and
jurisdiction-related provisions that do
not accurately represent the current
regulatory environment.
The Petition requested OSHA to make
a number of changes to the standard,
including the following, and provided
draft regulatory language:
• Exclude the manufacture of
explosives from the PSM requirements
of § 1910.119 and incorporate revised
PSM requirements for the manufacture
of explosives into § 1910.109;
• Replace references to outdated DOT
explosives classifications with the
current DOT classification system;
• Eliminate the provisions in
§ 1910.109 covering the storage of
explosives and the construction of
magazines because they are regulated by
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives (ATF);
• Eliminate provisions in § 1910.109
applicable to the transportation of
explosives on public highways because
such transportation is regulated by DOT;
• Update provisions for guarding
against accidental initiation by sources
of extraneous electricity;
• Include provisions governing the
intra-plant transportation of explosives;
• Include provisions for the use of
nonelectric detonation systems;
• Revise provisions regarding the
crimping of detonators to safety fuse;
• Update provisions for clearing the
blasting area of unauthorized personnel;
and
• Update the provisions for the
design of bulk delivery and mixing
vehicles and of mixing equipment."
