Laws Governing Professional Lawn Maintenance Businesses

[Old Goat]

Old Goat,
Sorry, I forgot suicide was not against the law:0(
Maybe I should have just asked user midnite rider to specifically quote details about "the rules and laws of OSHA and can be fined for not operating under their safety rules and guidelines" for a "commercial mowing company with ten or more employees". That would have been more in context and I am assuming(not knowing the "business") that ROPS/seat belts are not covered/required by OSHA. If so, the regulatory point is moot and I need to switch gears to OSHA enforcement....right???

OK, lets assume for one brief time that THEY do make it a law.



HOW do they enforce it OR set a penalty for STUPID?

 

[djdicetn]

OK, lets assume for one brief time that THEY do make it a law.



HOW do they enforce it OR set a penalty for STUPID?

Old Goat,
I guess OSHA would need more Federal Funding to hire Lawn Maintenance Compliance patrol officers to patrol the neighborhoods checking to see if the person mowing a yard has a trailer in front of that house which would make all of our taxes go up to hire these Compliance Officers which would make all of us(including myself) hate me forever for even bringing it up:0)
In other words...good question and I don't have a clue!!!
Heck, one of my "pet peeves" is all of the single drivers wanting to go 85mph in the HOV lanes on TN Interstates and almost running over my wife and me on our way to work and home Mon-Fri(the Troopers/Police don't enfoce it and it's like a $10 fine). What a joke here in TN that they even have HOV lanes:0)

 

[Old Goat]

That's the problem now, Federal Funding for this and that to no end to protect STUPID.

AND the idiots who pass the laws don't have sense to know that they cannot pay for it or where it even comes from?

Answer, you and me!

 

[jekjr]

I see that this whole thread is about basically one accident that someone died in. It would be interesting how many people actually have been killed or severely injured in roll over accidents per year.

I might be a fatality tomorrow but I honestly have never heard of one in our area. I see people on here talk about how stupid some people are. I personally have cut some hills on a zero turn that we're very steep. I have seen numerous others that have as we'll. I also do not know of a commercial operator in our area that runs with a ROP in the up position. I would not consider myself 10' tall nor bullet proof. I am 56 years old however and have operated numerous different pieces of equipment for basically my entire life with no serious injuries. Most equipment has a fine line as to stability when the envelope is pushed. Learning the feel of the machine and learning it's capabilities are what keeps an operator safe. One of the key things one needs to learn when working terrain that is rough is to slow down. I know from experience that a zero turn is pretty stable on some pretty steep inclines if the operator slows down and takes note of what is happening.

I said it before and I say it again I personally had rather have the seat safety switch working and not be tied to a mower on the event of a roll over. The safety switch will shut it down almost instantly. There is always rough terrain to cut.

As for ROPs many times they will get you hung up in trees and bushes and hurt you as well and if you are tied to the mower with a seat belt you have no where to move.

 

[AmericanTurf]

I took that gay *** rops off. Liberals can shove it up there crybaby ***!!
And no I won't die from it. I'm not a stupid *** lib that can't ride a ztr!!

 

[Carscw]

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

 

[Old Goat]

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(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

 

[Carscw]

http://s198.photobucket.com/user/OldGoat67/media/Mood Buttons/PlayingStupidAgain.jpg.html

Now that's funny

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

 

[Old Goat]

Wish I could say the same about the one you posted, but I cannot find anything funny about the planned systematic destruction of America!

 

[Carscw]

Wish I could say the same about the one you posted, but I cannot find anything funny about the planned systematic destruction of America!

Don't understand what your talking about. I have not posted anything about the destruction of America.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))