R 408.22311 Posting of notice; availability of the act, rules, and applicable standards.

Rule 2311. (1) Each employer shall post a notice to be furnished by the department, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the act, and informing them that, for assistance and information, including copies of the act and of specific safety and health standards, employees may contact the department. The notice must be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to ensure that the notice is readable and is not altered or defaced. (2) A separate notice must be posted in each establishment. Where employers are engaged in activities that are physically dispersed (such as agriculture, construction, transportation, communications, and electric, gas, and sanitary services, the notice required by this rule must be posted at the location where employees report each day. Where employees do not usually work at, or report to, a single establishment, such as traveling salesmen, technicians, and engineer) the notice must be posted at the location where the employees operate to carry out their activities. In all cases, the notice must be posted pursuant to subrule (1) of this rule. (3) Copies of the act, all procedural rules promulgated under the act, and all applicable standards must be available from the department. If an employer has obtained copies of these materials, the employer must make them available on request to an employee or the employer’s authorized representative for review in the establishment where the employee is employed at the earliest time mutually convenient to the employee or the employee’s authorized representative and the employer. (4) An employer failing to comply with the provisions of this rule is subject to citation and penalty pursuant to section 35 of the act, MCL 408.1035. (5) Reproductions or facsimiles of the state poster constitute compliance with the posting requirements of this rule where the reproductions or facsimiles are at least 8-1/2 by 14 inches and the printing size is at least 10-point. The caption or heading on the poster must be in large type, not less than 36-point.