[AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935

[Joe Hazewinkel]

Just a quick note as to why we need these safety guys.  Six months ago my brother-in-law was using a hand grinder at a shop without a guard on it.  Don't know who took it off, but it was used by several guys in the shop.  Anyway, while using it, the disk shattered and sliced through his wrist, severing most of the tendons, and several veins.  He has now lost the complete use of his right hand.  Boss let him go, no use for a one handed mechanic.

Don't know how it will play out, but the $300/month he gets from workmans comp isn't enough to raise a family on.

Enjoy, Joe

Sent from my iPhone just for you

On Nov 19, 2012, at 11:52 AM, "Gunnells, Bradley R" <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu> wrote:

> Reminds me of when I worked for a welding/manufacturing shop back in high school. The owner was a neighbor and friend of the family and had a way with words.  ;-)
> 
> I remember being at work the day the OSHA guys came through. There was the old timer and the young guy looking to make his name. The young guy must have had a hey-day. They went up to the front office and he told the owner he was going to have to do this and that and who knows what else. The owner looked at him and told him he didn't have to do a "god damn thing, he was the only one that had keys to the door and he'd just keep them locked". He told the young guy to exit through the shop and inform the 4 guys working not to show up tomorrow that they no longer had a job. The old guy then stepped in.
> 
> Don't know if he got any fines or not. We moved a few things around the shop and put some guards back on the little hand grinders and that was all I remember. Never saw them back around while I worked there.
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I'm all for safety. But It's a story I look back at and laugh when I think about it.
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Nov 18, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Mike Meulenberg <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
>> I worked for a manufacturing company about 15 years ago, our Plant Manager was an ex Drill Seargant who ran the shop accordingly. One day OSHA showed up to do an inspection. When they started finding things that they thought were wrong our Plant Manager told the inspector to "get the hell out of my plant". That was an expensive day.
>> 
>> Mike M
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Receiving the following content ----- 
>> From: charlie hill 
>> Receiver: Antique tractor email discussion group 
>> Time: 2012-11-18, 07:49:30
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935
>> 
>> 
>> If you think OSHA is bad you should meet MSHA (mine safety hazard act or 
>> administration)
>> It's like OSHA on steroids. I read the other day where the MSHA man went 
>> into a shop
>> and fined the operator 7,000 bucks because a trash can was full, smelled 
>> like garbage and the lid was off of it.
>> I've seen them in action, they are brutal and their requirements are much 
>> greater and more rigid than OSHA ever thought about.
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Dean VP
>> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 11:16 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935
>> 
>> Phil,
>> 
>> Hopefully several OSHA employees would suffer from that malady!
>> 
>> Dean VP
>> Snohomish, WA
>> 
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>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com 
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
>> On Behalf Of Phil Vorwerk - UCU Inc
>> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 9:09 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935
>> 
>> Thanks for posting that Richard - it was fascinating.
>> 
>> Couldn't help but think about how modern day OSHA would have had a heart 
>> attack in that
>> shop.....
>> 
>> Phil
>> Courtland, MN
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Richard Walker
>> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 12:36 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: [AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935
>> 
>> If you have a fast internet connection and twenty minutes to watch this 
>> video, it's
>> fascinating.
>> 
>> A documentary film made in 1935, showing the processes of steam locomotive 
>> building,
>> including casting, forging, machining, and assembly.
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YblqWGmIYTg
>> 
>> 
>> - Richard
>> 
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