Take a tour of several body shops and you'll see a lot of differences in the way they look and operate. There are a few areas, though, where no shop owner can afford to let things slide. One of these deals with employee health.
Shop management has a legal and moral obligation to make sure the workplace is as safe as possible.
Although OSHA has been guilty of causing some major problems in the workplace over the years, we've all got to admit they have succeeded in making us more aware of health concerns and safety. In the past, there was a widely held attitude that as far as health and safety was concerned, an employee was on his own. In addition, the weave room where I worked was deafeningly loud, hot and humid. The mill I worked in assumed no responsibility for the effects of these hazards. Body shops weren't much different.