OSHA cites Remington for $170,000 in violations

[domct203]

This shows how Remington does business. All they care about is how they are sold, not how they are made, or by whom:

2011 - 11/21/2011 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Remington Arms Co. for 35 serious safety and health violations at Ilion, NY, plant

I worked in the Marlin North Haven plant for 25 years where Safety and Quality were always first, and I think our product reflected that.

Those days however, are surely gone. IMO Remington will never truly understand how to get their act together.

Dom

[GreenMachine]

Someone got mad at Remington.

[Ridgerunner665]

NO...everyone is mad at Remington.

[domct203]

An OSHA investigation is usually due to employee complaints. The depth and scope of the investigation is usually dictated by the level of cooperation from the Employer, numerous repeat violations, or both.

We (Marlin North Haven) were subjected to a very thorough OSHA investigation soon after we were purchased by Remington. While I had experienced OSHA in North Haven in the past, the investigation after the purchase was extremely deep.

Dom

[Tomray]

Hey Dom!

I hope things are good with you and the family.
I remember that OSHA audit. That made a lot people nervous, and created a lot of work for a few vendors correcting machine guards, and also for me, Telis and John with a few special guards and safety inter-locks. I also remember the thorough house cleaning, and the directive, "Don't talk too much to the OSHA guys"........

Good to see you on the Forum.............Merry Christmas!

Tom

[domct203]

Merry Christmas Tom, all the best to you and your family!

They drove me nuts in the Woodshop, but when the dust settled (pun) there were only a handful of guarding issues and a few housekeeping things.

As I read through the citations I noticed a few Marlin machine #'s like the 336 Receiver Tri-Ord and Kingsbury. I guess our "outdated" equipment (as stated by you know who) was good enough for them afterall.

Take care my friend,
Dom

[Ac_Man1962]

Ahhhhh another past employee of the famed Marlin plant.......... Thanks for those past quality guns......

[KON]

It couldn't happen to a more appropriate company.
It was nice to see the listing of those "Wornout Old Machines" that they're blaming the lack of production on still in use, and all the OSHA violations going on around them.
They've got less than 2 days to fix them all.

[ggeilman]

This was posted on the General Discusion forum. Was wondering how long it would take to get over here!

[Dave Bulla]

Hmmm.

All I have to say is that even though I despise what Remington has done to Marlin I can't help but think of my own experiences in industry and those of some friends.

It is all too common for an OSHA inspector to go into a plant and write up items on machines that they know nothing about. I have a good friend named Bob who has his own business doing "pre-OSHA" inspections for companies all over the country. He goes in and does an inspection, makes a list of violations and how to fix them then does a follow up (usually) before OSHA gets there. OSHA STILL comes in and writes up a bunch of violations that usually average about $15k each. He then has to go to court and fight them there. 99% of the time he gets the violations thrown out by using their own industrial safety codes against them to prove he is right and they are wrong. He says that there are a couple "catch all" codes that inspectors with poor knowledge (or maybe not??) frequently use just to write stuff up. Bob then has to research and find the CORRECT code that is specific to the situation and cite it in court where it becomes obvious that there really is no violation. OSHA simply shrugs and moves on to the next item. I'm convinced that they write items up simply to make money. It's like fishing where you toss out a line and hope for a bite. OSHA writes up a violation they know is invalid and hopes nobody contests it. By the way, there's real good money in doing those inspections...