what are the osha reg for my job?

[jumac]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maine

Hello I work in Maine at a secondhand donation store.

What I am looking for is is a list of the osha regs saying like the max items that the store can expect a person to process in one shift?

[TheGeekess]

I doubt very seriously that OSHA has regulations on a quota placed by your employer.
[url=http://www.osha.gov/comp-links.html]Laws, Regulations and Interpretations[/url]

[jumac]

Thanks TheGeekess thought it might be like that just guess was hopping that there was something to help us at work. Alot of us think that the way the quota is setup seems fishy. We work at a donation store and we can't control what come in and our headquarters wants use to get x number of items on the floor each day but sometimes there is not enough good stuff coming in to make that number or there is not enough room on the floor to put it all, and hq just don't care bout that just numbers.

[cbg]

The number of items you are expected to process would not be an OSHA regulation even if one existed. OSHA regulations relate to health and safety, not to processing items onto the floor.

IF such a regulation existed, which it does not, it would fall under Wage and Hour laws. However, no Federal law and no law in any state has seen fit to address such a store-specific issue.

[kwalla]

Now that our experts have responded to your OSHA question, I thought I could help you with some ideas regarding the quota challenge. Your complaint is not uncommon. Within many industries, management will try to enforce a "one-size-fits-all" policy to performance/output measures that at times are not operationally realistic.
I can imagine with the diversity of products and erratic nature of inbound goods, planning a KPI (Key Performance Indicator) based purely on "how many items are put in the floor" could lead to a myriad of problems.
My advice to you...

1. Start tracking a typical week. How much are you bringing in each day versus how much is making it onto the floor. What is the typical processing time for each item? Can you find certain categories of items that take longer to process than others and time them?

2. By tracking your work with dates, item descriptions and times you will begin to see a pattern. That pattern could allow you to create an alternative KPI to present to management that provides them with a better tool to measure performance of their stores and quality.

My two cents and Good Luck