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The law is actually very complicated that way. It's one of the "interstate commerce clause" abuses by the feds. For example, OSHA only has any authority over commercial construction sites, not residential. OSHA only has authority over the workplaces of interstate corporations. The complications are all about dancing around the fact that the federal government does NOT wield authority over businesses or workplaces within a state, except by some application of the interstate commerce clause, and so they have developed a whole system of excuses to give them authority where the constitution explicitly denies it. This is why we have federal drug laws and federal laws regard age of consent, etc... An ongoing federal power grab. Look it up. The power to regulate workplaces was not explicitly granted to the federal government, and so, by constitutional law, it is relegated to the various states. OSHA and MSHA have the power they have by by claiming that mines and multistate corporations are intrinsically tied to interstate commerce.
Actually, pretty much every state has workplace regulations like you mentioned, anyway.
OSHA showed up at the site where the potheads I spent the summer of 1999 working with in Maryland. I don't recall if it was Maryland OSHA or feds, the crew that got busted had their supervisor warn us and the other crews building homes and we all skedaddled like roaches.
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[–] a_fucking_dude 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
The law is actually very complicated that way. It's one of the "interstate commerce clause" abuses by the feds. For example, OSHA only has any authority over commercial construction sites, not residential. OSHA only has authority over the workplaces of interstate corporations. The complications are all about dancing around the fact that the federal government does NOT wield authority over businesses or workplaces within a state, except by some application of the interstate commerce clause, and so they have developed a whole system of excuses to give them authority where the constitution explicitly denies it. This is why we have federal drug laws and federal laws regard age of consent, etc... An ongoing federal power grab. Look it up. The power to regulate workplaces was not explicitly granted to the federal government, and so, by constitutional law, it is relegated to the various states. OSHA and MSHA have the power they have by by claiming that mines and multistate corporations are intrinsically tied to interstate commerce.
Actually, pretty much every state has workplace regulations like you mentioned, anyway.
[–] slwsnowman40 ago
OSHA showed up at the site where the potheads I spent the summer of 1999 working with in Maryland. I don't recall if it was Maryland OSHA or feds, the crew that got busted had their supervisor warn us and the other crews building homes and we all skedaddled like roaches.
[–] a_fucking_dude ago
OSHA is specifically the feds.