Comments by "E Dennis" (@edennis8578) on "Is It a \"Workplace\" Accident When Working From Home?" video.

  1. I'm not sure that the lawsuit result would be the same in the US. This was Germany. The questions you bring up would be material. I can't imagine that anyone sane would want OSHA to invade their home and regulate their home environment. Quel nachtmare!
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  2. At Iowa State University, when I was there around 2000, a maintenance worker slipped and broke her leg while going from one building to another on the job, and the university claimed that it wasn't a workplace accident because she wasn't in the building. She was still on the clock and her work spanned both buildings.
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  3. I don't know. Someone else commented that such a ruling in the US could lead to OSHA coming into your home and requiring you to meet OSHA regulations. Is the toilet paper roll the correct distance from the toilet and height from the ground? Do you have handicapped accessibility? Keep going with that train of thought and see where it goes.
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  4. Not me. As someone else pointed out, it could very well lead to OSHA requiring people who work at home to conform to OSHA regulations. Is your bathroom handicapped accessible? Do you have a toilet that meets handicapped regulations? Is there a bar, and does it conform in placement to OSHA regulations? Steve did a video on those OSHA regulations not long ago and how a couple of inches off on the placement of the handicapped bar in the restroom got a restaurant sued. In this day and age, do you doubt the possibility of the federal government deciding that it has the right to require you to make all of the changes necessary to conform as a place of business?
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