Workers Get the Results of an Inspection

The workers or their representative can request that the inspector conduct a closing conference for labor, and all citations should be posted by the employer for the workers information. 

Workers can contest the length of the time period for abatement of a citation and the employer s petition for modification of abatement in order to extend the time for correcting the hazard (workers must do this within 10 working days of posting). Workers cannot contest the following  

An employers Petition for Modification of Abatement (PMA). Workers have ten days to contest the PMA. 

Penalties are usually based upon four criteria  

The employer s good feith in genuinely and effectively tiying to comply with the OSHAct before the inspection and effort to abate and comply with the law during and after the inspection. 

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