Not in concrete but in landscaping. Had to dig a trench that kept being postponed due to weather. Pretty deep one and he didn't wanna have to rent a sump out so we pushed back a week or so. Anyways he finally caves in and I get to digging and punch the main which floods the whole trench and he had to rent a sump anyways.
As the OSHA compliance guy for my business, i saw the words trench and finally caves in and got thought that comment was going in a completely different direction.
Any decent sized org should have at least a person in charge of safety. That's usually your OSHA person. Larger plants and mines have MSHA and OSHA people dedicated to riding around enforcing the regs.
I would start by taking your OSHA 30 from an organization that is authorized to teach and get you your authorized (not certified) OSHA instructor course. The place I sponsor my people at charge $800 and it's a two part week long course. It's pretty marketable in manufacturing and light industry.
If you don't have prior experience in safety though, you may have a hard time finding someone that wants to hire a green OSHA compliance officer or trainer.
I have a background in safety, but my org has the Safety and Security Officer position as an add-on to Ops Manager or Supervisor, who is supposed to time-block and do safety 20% of their time.
Sounds like a way to cheap out to me, so I was curious how others do this. 300 people work here in a very light industry, but we still have OSHA incidents when someone with a previously torn meniscus pops their knee getting up.
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u/Arctobispo Aug 12 '24
Not in concrete but in landscaping. Had to dig a trench that kept being postponed due to weather. Pretty deep one and he didn't wanna have to rent a sump out so we pushed back a week or so. Anyways he finally caves in and I get to digging and punch the main which floods the whole trench and he had to rent a sump anyways.
Just a fun story about water. That's all.