This decision from the OSHRC will make you wonder if safety is more about “legal matters” or “common sense safety”. The fact that a company can use a JLG brand lift to remove and replace 31′ beams weighing 325 pound comes down to the use of clamps vs. no clamps is just crazy. I think any self-respecting safety professional would question the practice discussed in this decision and the use of clamps vs. not using clamps would NOT be a deciding factor in our safety decision! Nonetheless, this is an interesting dissection of 1910.67 and what the OSHRC considers to be a “field modification”. BTW… PLEASE do not think for moment that this OSHRC makes the practice described in this decision a “safe act”; this decision was ALL ABOUT LEGAL MATTERS and not so much about safety!