Masonry Magazine June 1976 Page. 10
Introducing the twin weight lifter
The TMH-5000 Twin Material Hoist erects faster...at less cost.
The TMH-5000 Twin Material Hoist provides facilities of a double well tower at far less erection cost...it can lift two 5000 lb. loads from a single tower. You get up to 75% more machine utilization than from a single platform hoist, increasing productivity and profits. Only one operator is needed to control both lifts. Automatic floor selectors are standard to conveniently spot each load.
You can use two platforms, two bottom-dump 1 yd. concrete buckets, or one of each. The lifts, powered by a gasoline engine or an electric motor, move independently of each other at an average speed of 175 fpm up to a maximum height of 500'.
The remote power unit can be located in selected out-of-the-way locations 25 feet from the tower, independent of the operator who can be up to 75 feet away from the tower for better visual control.
For more information, call or write and ask for our product bulletin.
GETMAN BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Division of Patent Scaffolding Co. Harsco Corporation
P. O. Box 1145, Marion, Ohio 43302, Phone: 614/387-1150
Photo illustrative only. Product must be used in conformity with safe practices and applicable codes and regulations.
Washington Wire
MORE "SERIOUS" CITATIONS BUT ALSO LOWER FINES ARE COMING for safety violations by industry. This will be the result of revision of violation and penalty rules by OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The rules, now in proposed form, are likely to become effective this summer. The changes will lessen the burden of major violations on small companies. They will also cut out fines for nuisance violations of a non-serious kind. However, the regulations will also classify more violations as serious ones.
The penalty-system changes would graduate fines for serious violations, from $300 to $1,000, based on the likelihood of an accident or illness hitting. Present penalty reductions granted to smaller companies and those that try to conform to the OSHA regulations would be as large as 30% in every case. The current minimum fine of $500 could be lowered to $90.
The new procedures are sure to appeal to employers and OSHA inspectors. But labor unions are against easing penalties.
BUSINESS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT for false billing schemes for ads. Postal officials say many firms are being bilked for millions of dollars. Most of these schemes involve selling ad messages of support for minorities. The advertising is supposed to appear in minority or veterans publications, stating that companies support such causes, allegedly generating goodwill. In fact, few if any of these so-called ads ever appear in the publications. So, don't pay the invoice for any magazine ads that you didn't authorize.
FORD WILL PUSH HIS PLAN TO CUT FEDERAL REGULATION of business in 1976. He has already sent up legislation to reduce regulation of transportation-the railroad, trucking, airline and similar industries. He will also push for trimming the volume of reports business must file with the government.
But the Democratic Congress may well balk at much of the Ford program. Opponents insist the President's plan will increase prices to consumers, making it a political issue.
N.C. Brick Assoc. Elects Officers
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders the Board of Directors of the Brick Association of North Carolina elected Officers for the coming year. They are: (left to right) Corb Garton, Secretary-General Manager: W. S. "Bill" Jones, Vice President; Ted W. Tysinger, President and William R. Coleman, Treasurer.
masonry • June, 1976