NAC618.6497. Abatement: Posting of documentation; notification of employee or authorized representative; right to examine or copy documents.

     1. An employee shall post a copy or summary of each document submitted to the Enforcement Section pursuant to NAC 618.6494 and 618.6495 near the place where the violation occurred or the hazard is located.

     2. If the Enforcement Section determines that posting the copy or summary of a document as required by subsection 1 does not inform adequately each affected employee or the employee’s authorized representative, the employer shall:

     (a) Post the copy or summary for 3 working days in a conspicuous location where it will be readily observable by each affected employee or the employee’s authorized representative; or

     (b) Take such other action as the Enforcement Section determines is necessary to inform adequately each affected employee or the employee’s authorized representative.

     3. An employer shall notify each employee or the employee’s authorized representative of his or her right to examine and copy each document submitted to the Enforcement Section by the employer pursuant to NAC 618.6494 and 618.6495.

     4. An employer shall notify his or her employees or their authorized representatives that documents are being submitted to the Enforcement Section pursuant to NAC 618.6494 and 618.6495 before or at the same time that those documents are submitted to the Enforcement Section.

     5. An employee or the employee’s authorized representative may submit a written request to examine or copy any document submitted by the employer to the Enforcement Section pursuant to NAC 618.6494 and 618.6495 within 3 working days after the employee or authorized representative receives notice that the document has been submitted. The employer shall allow the employee or the employee’s authorized representative to examine or copy such a document within 5 working days after the employer receives the written request to examine or copy the documents.

     6. The employer shall ensure that each document posted pursuant to this section is not altered, defaced or covered by other material.

     7. As used in this section, “affected employee” means an employee who was exposed to the hazard set forth in a citation issued by the Enforcement Section.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R142-98, eff. 2-28-2000)