Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 151 - Labor and Industry Department
Chapter 5210 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
INVESTIGATIONS; CITATIONS; NOTICE OF CONTEST; MODIFYING ABATEMENT DATE; ABATEMENT VERIFICATION
Part 5210.0533 - NOTICE OF CONTEST AND CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
A contest of a citation and notification of penalty or of a notification of failure to abate shall be filed with the commissioner on the notice of contest form provided by the commissioner. The commissioner shall accept as filed only a fully completed notice of contest form. A fully completed notice of contest form must provide the following information:
A. the employer's name and address;
B. the inspection number for the citation and notification of penalty or the reinspection number for the notification of failure to abate;
C. identification of each citation and item contested and for each citation and item contested, identification of each part of the citation and item contested. Those citations and items not contested and those parts of citations and items not contested shall become a final order of the commissioner not reviewable by any court or agency.
D. a statement of the contesting party's reasons for contesting each citation and item;
E. certification that the notice was served upon the authorized employee representatives, if any, and the employer, if it is an employee or authorized employee representative contest, and that it was posted where the citations and notifications of penalty are required by part 5210.0530, subpart 3, to be posted; and
F. a notarized sworn statement by the contesting party that the information provided is accurate and truthful to the best of the contesting party's knowledge.
Statutory Authority: MS s 182.657
