My biggest problem with these regulations is that they muddy the waters as to who gets to make the call.
IMO, we, as professionals, are the final authority. Period. WE decide - yes or no.
Throw a new regulation into the mix, and there's all sorts of other folks ... supervisors, managers, engineers, Personnel wonks, chairborne commandos ... who suddenly feel that they get to make your decision for you. "What's the problem? We got you a suit- go ahead and work hot." Or, the opposite: "Joe did it hot yesterday, what's the problem?" Then there's always the Nimrod who wants to write a guy up for not wearing safety glasses while he washes his face...
If the place thinks the line workers are simply chimps with tool belts, then no amount of regulation will fix a management made up of banana-brains.
