§1903 Inspections, Citations, and Proposed Penalties
§1903.1
The Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health ACT of 1970 (84 Stat.1590 et
seq., 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) requires, in part that every employer covered under
the ACT furnish to his employees employment and a place of employment which are
free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or
serious physical harm to his employees.
The Act also requires that employers comply with
occupational safety and health standards promulgated under the Act, and that
employees comply with the standards, rules, regulations and orders issued under
the Act which are applicable to their own actions.
§1903.2
Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be
furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Depart. Of
Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided in the
Act
§1903.3
Authority for inspection
(a) Compliance Safety and Health Officers of the Department of Labor are
authorized to enter without delay and at reasonable times any factory, plant,
establishment, construction site, or other area, workplace or environment where
work is performed by an employee of an employer; to inspect and investigate
during regular working hours and at other reasonable times
§1903.5
Entry not a waiver
Any permission to enter, inspect, review records, or question any person, shall
not imply or be conditioned upon waiver of any cause of action, citation, or
penalty under the Act. Compliance, Safety and Health Officers are not authorized
to grant any such waiver.
§1903.6
(a) Advance notice of inspections may not be given, except in the following
situations:
(1) In cases of apparent imminent danger
(2) In circumstances where the inspection can be most effectively conducted
after regular business hours.
