South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 71 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION-DIVISION OF LABOR
Article 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS
Subarticle 4 - ENFORCEMENT OF VIOLATIONS
- Section 71-400 - Definitions
- Section 71-401 - Citation; Notice of De Minimis Violation
- Section 71-402 - Penalty
- Section 71-403 - Posting of Citation
- Section 71-404 - Failure to Correct Violation for Which Citation Has Been Issued
- Section 71-405 - Petition for Modification of Abatement
- Section 71-406 - Informal Conference
- Section 71-407 - Employer or Employee Contest
- Section 71-408 - Request for a Contested Case Hearing; Posting
- Section 71-409 - Failure to Contest
- Section 71-410 - Withdrawal, Modification or Amendment to Citation and Penalty
- Section 71-411 - Abatement Verification
- Appendix A - Sample Abatement Certification Letter (Non-mandatory)
- Appendix B - Sample Abatement Plan or Progress Report (Non-mandatory)
- Appendix C - Sample Warning Tag (Nonmandatory)
A. This subarticle became effective on the 3rd day of January, 1979, and shall apply to all matters in which the citation, notice of proposed penalty, or notice of failure to correct violation is based, or employee protest is received, as the case may be, on or after the 2nd day of January, 1979.
B. Deletion of original regulations 71-410 and 71-411 became effective on June 28, 1985.
C. The amendments to regulations 71-401C, 71-402D, 71-404B, 71-404CC, 71-405C, 71-406A, 71-407, 71-408, and 71-409C, and deletions of Sections 71-400T, 71-400U, 71-400V, 71-405F, and 71-406C became effective on January 9, 1987.
Chapter 71 was amended by State Register Volume 19, Issue No. 3, effective March 24, 1995, which provides:
''The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Division of Labor, Office of Occupational Safety and Health, hereby promulgates the following changes to South Carolina Regulations:
''A. In Subarticle 4 [Enforcement of Violations]:
''Minimum standard for Citations; notices of de minimis violations; policy regarding employee rescue activities shall be 71-401 as amended (Cross reference: Section 1903.14) in Federal Register, volume 59, number 247, pages 66612 and 66613, dated December 27, 1994.
'' Chapter 71, Article 1, Subarticle 4, was amended by State Register Volume 21, Issue No. 7, effective July 25, 1997, which provides:
''The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Division of Labor, Office of Occupational Safety and Health, hereby promulgates the following changes to South Carolina Regulations:
''In Subarticle 4 (Enforcement of Violations):
''Minimum standard for Abatement Verification shall be 71-410 with associated revisions to 71-400 as amended in Federal Register, volume 62, number 61, pages 15337 through 15340, dated March 31, 1997.
Copies of these final regulation changes can be obtained or reviewed at the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation during normal business hours by contacting the Public Information Office at (803) 896-4380.'
