my name's richard, and i'm with the state osha program. and i'd like to see the person here with the highest authority, please. today, it is the job of osha-- the occupational safety and health administration, to keep workers free from health hazards by regulating their exposure to different hazards. jim, you have richard from osha in the front office. please come to the front office. all of our inspections are really a surprise to the employer. we cannot give advance notice to any of the employers. my name is richard, i'm with the state osha program. - and i'm here to do an inspection. - okay. some inspections are prompted by a violation or complaint reported by an employee; others are routine. ray barkley: they'll explain why we're out there, and then they'll ask to look at specific programs. well, let's just start and walk around the shop. and then they'll start their walk around, which is the inspection. this is interesting. tim, could you come here and-- ? yeah? this device shows whether an electrical circuit is grounded or not. and i'

program, and about how the crane fits in. >> it is probably one of the most dangerous pieces of equipment and it is the most rigorously protected. we had cal osha out here doing test weeks. >> cal-osha comes out because the state of california, unlike the city of new york or other places, in the state of california, cranes are inspected by the state, not the local jurisdiction. in the wake of the crane collapse in california in 1990, the board of supervisors passed legislation which is now still in it regulations in the building code that requires crane safety programs to make sure that the building department is collecting all the information, but we reply. we rely on kali should do the actual infection. what did they do for an inspection? >> they bring about 20,000 pounds of test weights and check all the weight limits and wells and electronics and connections and the limits. they do everything. >> is there somebody up there right now? >> there is thomas in the cab. >> can you get him on the radio and have him we've to us. -- and have him wave to us. there is a job. >> there is no bathroom. we will not discuss that. >> the safety rules say th

osha, they dictate safety in the workplace. not a small thing. $24 million for small business loans. they say small business are the engine of the country. $15 million on a fema loan programor grain inspection. of course, that is important to everybody because almost everybody unless you're on an at kins diet eat grain. these are a randomm sampling of the kinds of cuts that will really affect everyone across the board and the country. >> so the other big potential obstacle or hurdle is the government shutdown and that's what's being threatened at the end of the month. who shauld be or can be done to avert it? >> that was probably the only bit of news at all, good or bad, that came out of this meeting that the president had with congressional leaders yesterday. the president said he does not want to have a government shutdown. he'll do what he can to avoid that. and republican house speaker john boehner said the sang them? how are they going to do it? the devil is in the details. . they're going to come up with a piece of legislation to carry them through the end of the fiscal year. basically the difference between giving some flexibility or leeway to pentagon versus what