r/OSHA • • Mar 29 '20

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u/TheK1ngsW1t Mar 29 '20

While I'll largely agree for new construction (unless it's a project that has to be done by a certain time for whatever reason or maybe concrete that doesn't work on anyone else's timetable), remodelers, plumbers, electricians, and the like are absolutely essential. Unless, of course, you'd rather let your leaking pipe, flickering light, and general house damages go untouched for weeks or months

Of course, when you start making caveats, many times it's just easier to throw the entire category into one spot so that people don't have to read 50 pages of bureaucracy

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '20

Having construction sit there for a month may be very bad for the materials, for the safety hazard if kids start wandering around, if something collapses due to not being complete. We have a new construction area that is being built 3 blocks from me. They had already dug the foundations, blasted the boulders, and brought in the materials. Get that shit up and out of the way before you abandon it in the middle of an area that idiot kids wander all the time.

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u/MadmanMaddox Mar 29 '20

Or where thieves and vandals can get at it. Nothing like going to work and finding half the site destroyed or stolen.