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L has to do to pass the safety and health ~test is to maintain good housekeeping and to apply common sense (in a bike shop)? Schedule of OSHA citations and penalties By Randy D. Bailey In case you missed the June 6 "Arizona Dirt" column here is a rehash with an update: The federal government is out to see that everyone has a place to work free of health hazards - this includes motorcycle shops and motorcycle ,race tracks. This protection comes abou t under a Congressional Act called OSHA. The update is: During the first six months the law was in. effect, about 9,300 businesses were checked for compliance with health and safety standards by federal OSHA inspectors. About 60 percent of the businesses were cited for non-compliance and were given citations which resulted in fines totaling $364,000. Most were paid without appeal by the violators. Another 20 percent of the firms were found guilty of minor hazards that did not·result in citations. Only 20 percent of all the businesses were found free of health and safety hazards. That's a 5: 1 ratio against employers. With typical governmen tal efficiency the OSHA people have started churning out lists and charts to guide employers in conforming to the regulations. . The chart below gives a. schedule of Imes for every OSHA violation from a bike mechanic spilling oil on the floor and not cleaning it up ($1,000) to a $10,000 fine for shoving your friendly OSHA man into the path of the 250 Professional class at Carlsbad. . OSHA officials claim all a business Eureka GP By Larry Knop EUREKA, UT., June 11, 1972 Sunday's Eureka Grand Prix was the Ill'st Grand Prix in Utah and one of the few races in the country to run on city streets, sponsored by the Firebirds M.C. of Eureka. Riders went eight laps around a very dusty 12+ mile loop, through city streets, sagebrush, over mountains, and along dirt roads and rocky trails. It was a tough race, with less than 45% of the 186 starters going the distance. First Overall went to Peter Crandall on a 125 Penton. That's hard to believe, but it's true, and it was no fluke. Peter rode an almost perfect race, staying . uprigh t, only stopping once for gas, and going flat out the whole time. The first time through he was seventh or so, which was good, but not unexpected. A couple of laps later he had moved up to fourth. By the seventh lap, however, he was first, with a two minute lead over number two. A lot can happen in 12 miles, but Peter came in right on schedule with most of his lead in tact. Second Overall wen t to Dennis Packard, one of Utah's top motocrossers. Third went to first lap leader John Harrelson. Cal Crosby was fourth, and Bruce Hacking was fifth, and first Amateur. All four of these riders were on Open class machines. The Fi"rebirds did a good job running the race, under some heavy odds. Their biggest disappointment was in not being ahle to include any paved roads in the course. The original plans were to run righ t up Main Stree t (one of the few paved roads in town), and they got permission from the city to do so. The Highway Patrol stepped in and said speed limits would have to be obeyed. Ra.ther . than saddle finishers Ft. Hood MX By Benny Braun FT. HOOD, TEX., June 5,1972 - The new Fort Hood Dirt Riders' Motocross Track has sixty-degree jumps, deep, cavernous holes and a tremendous straight. Built entirely by the members of the club, they got just the result they wanted a course so difficult it prompted Russ March, Executive Director of the AMA to comment after riding it, "This track is on a par with the best of the international Grand Prix motocross courses I've seen in Europe." June 4th saw the club hold the first moto on the new track and cele.brate it afterwards with a co'mbination Field Meet/Picnic. Rasing got underway promptly, with club vice president Mike Menard waving the green banner. In the 100 Senior, Bill Williams rode to top honors astride an immaculate (before the race) Yamaha. Ed Shiller took second on a Suzuki; Bill Turnbo third on another Yamaha. In the Junior competition, Ed Workman . Penalty (maximum under law) Violation Non Serious repeate.d violations six months jail Willful (death reSUltS) Second violation $20,000 fine a,nd/cr one year jail Failure to correct cited violatio:1 Receiving advance notice of inspection Failure to post official documents False documents $1,000 per day fine $1,000 fine and/or six months jaJl $1,000 fine $10,000 fine and/or six months jail Hampering or assault· $5,000 fine and/or iog federal inspector three years jail Assaulting Inspector $10,000 fine and/or with a deadly weapon 10 years jail Murder of inspector $101000 fine and/or life n jail * * Phoenix will have a Trans-AMA motocross Nov. 12 at a yet undisclosed site. This will be lbe first big National motocross for the area in about two years. * * * Beardsley Raceway, west of Phoenix, has been undergoing renovation. Gone is the old, dusty TT track. Replacing it is a new, dusty TT track ...but improved with ligh ts to allow for nigh tracing. Also 0lew are the spectator and pit . bleachers. The new track is faster and safer than the old course.. :: IYlil I.w. Central with eigh t speeding tickets, the club moved the course a rew streets west. Then a landowner withdrew his permission to cross his land. More course changes. The week before tHe race the spectator liability insurance was cancelled for reasons unknown. Let's move a couple streets further west again. Despite these problems, the race came off in the fashion that riders have come to expect from the Firebirds. Good, very good. The lurnout was smaller than expected, but it was just one of those things. After the race ~everal commented that they may be giving up racing to sit around the pits. There would be photos to show what they mean t, but the photographer deciqed to submit all those shots to Playboy. If the next centerfold has a motorcycle m the' background you know where the pictures were. taken. The Firebirds are planning on ,making this race an annual. Wish them fewer hassles and as good a race nex t year. _ disregarded the dust and raced to victory aboard a Suzuki; Steve Stowel got second and Pete Robinson rode his Hodaka to third. In the 125 category John McArrell triumphed with a Suzuki, Dave Hewett second also on a Suzuki, Paul Cameron third on the same make. The 126-200 class was a complete slate of Suzuki winners: Dan Foster first; Jon Clark second and Phil Zemke third. In the 250 Senior, Chuck Earl won on a Yamaha 250 MX, and second was taken by Gary Parker on a new Honda 250. Rick Mehrbrodt rode his Kawasaki to third place honors. In the Junior segment of the 250 competition, Bill Vinson won with a Suzuki. 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