Scaled Composites Space Tourism Firm Fined Over Deaths

On Feb 5, 6:44*am, Denny wrote:
I am not dismissing that there were injuries and deaths at Scaled
Composites...

However, as an office based business that has had dealings with OSHA,
I can tell you from experience that they will find 'serious' problems
everywhere... In our case it was having an uncontained corrosive
substance, no explosion proof metal safety locker for storing it, no
safety poster with the MSDS for the corrosive, and failing to have a
full body shower and eye shower station...
What was this corrosive substance that triggered the OSHA action, you
ask? Uranium hexafloride? *Red fuming Nitric Acid for fueling my V2
rocket?
Well sir, it was a gallon of salad vinegar from the local supermarket
(where they have a stack of them in the middle of the aisle) that the
janitor kept in the cleaning supplies closet for cleaning the
windows...
In order to avoid the fine, we had to submit a notarized affadavit
that said 'corrosive substance' had been removed from the office and
disposed of in accordance with the laws governing hazardous waste...

Based upon my dealings with OSHA, I have a jaundiced eye when I read
ANY pronouncements from them...

denny

There's enough laws on the books to make any of us criminals in any
situation. Gives the government in power absolute power to pick and
choose to harrass anyone they don't like.
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