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By ROSS KINCAID executive director

c PACE does nor permit us to inJ clude the entire letter written to Senator Frank Church (D.-Id.) by one of our Idaho members. However, his experience with OSHA and his personal opinions are of such importance and interest that we are pleased to have his permission to publish the following excerpts:

"On April l8 , OSHA Safety Specialist accompanied by myself toured our warehouse and the first item he noticed was our radial arm saw and stated that we did not have a guard at the bottom to protect the blade. In checking this he stated 'a picture is worth a thousand words' and photographed the saw. He also stated that the front should be tilted to cause the blade to return to the place of beginning. The next place of interest was the balcony at the rear of the warehouse on which we did not have aguard rail. The reason being that we use the area with a lift truck to place insulation on this mezzanine area, a railing is a hindrance.

From this point on he stated that all electrical outlets must be grounded, especially the paint shaker; also that the areas ontlremezzanine floor should be marked as to the load bearing capacity in terms of live loads.

When the investigation was completed, the Safety Specialist stated that he would write up his findings and that a fine might accompany the return citation. At that point I stated that if a fine was imposed for these