Section 76 Petition for Modification of Abatement

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

An employer may file a petition to modify an abatement date “when he has made a good faith effort to comply with the abatement requirements of a citation, but such abatement has not been completed because of factors beyond his reasonable control.” 29 C.F.R. § 1903.14a(a). The required contents of a petition for modification of an abatement date are contained in § 1903.14a(b). The petition must be filed—with the Area Director of the OSHA office that issued the citation—by the close of the next working day...