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 y come here and-- ? yeah? this device shows whether an electrical circuit is grounded or not. and i'm

this event was part of an annual retreat of osha program after the rockies which provides economic and political leadership training. from colorado springs this is about one hour and a half. >> let me just kind of set the stage for where we want the discussion to go and where we hope it goes. as we know, as talking weather comes to management of a project or an enterprise or a political campaign we start with vision and we move to strategies and projects and tactics. some would say that when it comes to those involved in the center right, conservative end of the political spectrum, that we might share similar vision but when it comes to the very next day, the project, such a project in fact, that's where we go in multiple directions. i want to start by telling a personal story what i've seen this first hand and been a part of the problem perhaps depend on one point of you and the points of view will be represented and water. of him and by the collar state senator, and i'm of the united states house of representatives. i saw the same occur in both places and it also occurred to greater

and the critics say they don't see osha putting two and two together. you have a successful programicate it? >> well, once again, scott, as i indicated to you, i think it's the fact that we do have-- our standards are in place. and we are looking at the data that we have. >> ed foulke told us he hasn't ruled out issuing a new industrial dust standard. but he says that the issues are complex and need study. >> to go across all the industries, we're talking about tens of thousands of facilities. we're talking about hundreds of types of processes, at least, maybe thousands of types of processes. >> when someone says that this is all very complex, and we don't understand it, well, therefore, we can't regulate it, you say what? >> it's just a delay mechanism from actually doing anything. >> you were appointed to the chemical safety board by president bush. >> that's correct. >> what has your experience been with regard to safety regulations in the bush administration? >> the basic disappointment has been this attitude of no new regulation. they don't want industry to be pestered. in some

osha is investigating. jose says he can't wait to get back to work. reporting live in san leandro, i'm sheryl herd. >> a tank of glass and sleef of lotto tickets. california lottery commission is considering a program to allow people to buy certain lottery tickets right there at the gas pump. the play at the pump program would be tested in sacramento and l.a. you would have to verify your age and buy gas before you could buy those lotto tickets at the pump. the lottery commission still has to okay this project. >>> let's check in with meteorologist rob. i spoke to that seismologist and says there was an earthquake back in 1987. >> i remember that. i was in high school at that time and that quake made the car feel like it had four flat tires on the way to school. that was a strong earthquake before the northridge quake in '84 which was 6.4 in san fernando valley. there's a series of thrust faults off to the north and west. this one in parts of northern orange county tonight, seeing the strongest shaking there. perhaps on the southern end of that whittier narrows fault which would take it close to la habra in the hills close to san gabriel, around disneyland. these areas very likely will continue to