Why has nobody dropped dead yet? You need damages or what are you suing for? Also, you would proximate cause linking these alleged carcinogens to people getting sick or dropping dead or having kids with two and half heads. And this would require proof of the existence of the carcinogens. Do you have that? Or do you just think they might be there?
not following you. are you saying someone has to drop dead before a company can be in violation of pollution or safe practice laws and subject to fine?
The EPA for one: http://ehstoday.com/environment/epa-settles-continental-carbon-co-reduce-air-pollution-three-states
This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous. And, uh, a lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head.
an awful lot of people who run actual businesses in this thread seem to think they or OSHA would give a shit.
http://www.toledoblade.com/business/2015/02/27/OSHA-proposes-fine-for-company-in-Elida.html $133k fine for "OSHA said employees operated machines without eye protection and without effective safeguards from moving parts amid much combustible wood dust." Me thinks this sounds a tad worse than that.
That's true, but there are occupational exposure limits. Some are extremely low. That's why exposure monitoring should be conducted.
TOSHA is woefully inept. Federal OSHA is most often much worse. Monetary fines are generally worse from EPA or state environmental regulators than OSHA unless you get into willful or repeat violations. Where OSHA can be a bear is their persistence. OSHA tends to "fish" more when they get their foot in the door. The last thing you want to hear is that they are broadening their scope to include the entire facility. That can cost more in manpower than fines depending on the condition and size of the place. For smaller worksites, OSHA is less of a problem for a number of reasons.
Two words, willful and repeat, are what ran the total up. Just looking at the numbers, it could have been worse. The maximum fine for those are ten times that for "serious" or "other than serious".
If your goal here is stopping a potentially dangerous practice, get on it, or get out of harms way. If something other, at least inform your fellow employees of possible risk, particularly those in immediate area of incineration. The fact that you have experienced headaches tells me this is not a safe work environment.
If they consider something waste and you are not permitted to incenerate it, they most definitely care. FWIW, it wasn't clear to me here whether or not this would be considered waste.
Well the question is whether it's polluting the environment generally. The way I'm understanding this situation, if this gas were being chimney'd out to the skies, Gah-lee wouldn't be sweating this situation as much. If it's air in a contained environment of a private factory, it would not seem to be an EPA issue.
Though I should be quite honest -- I don't know a thing about the EPA or what they do. Seems reasonable they would concern themselves over rivers, and not a pool in your backyard.
OSHA makes more sense. Doesn't strike me as an EPA issue. But then again I'm just basing that on a reasonable plain-language interpretation of the word 'environmental'. Could be way off.
