When a Cal/OSHA inspection results in a citation, the employer is generally required to:
Explanation
Labor Code section 6318 requires the employer to post the citation, or a copy, prominently at or near each place a violation referred to in the citation occurred, so that the employees actually exposed to the hazard learn of it, and to keep it posted for three working days or until the violation is abated, whichever is longer. Separately, the employer must abate by the date the citation sets or appeal, and section 6600 gives 15 WORKING days from receipt to file that appeal. Option (b) posts it where management sits rather than where the crew works, which defeats the purpose of the rule. Option (c) makes posting conditional on someone asking. Option (d) gets both the window and the sequence wrong - the appeal period does not wait on abatement.
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