R 408.22321 Authority for inspection or investigation.

Rule 2321. (1) The department representatives, upon presenting appropriate credentials, may enter, without delay and at reasonable times, any factory, plant, establishment, construction site, or other area, workplace, or environment where work is performed by an employee of an employer to inspect and investigate, during regular working hours and at other reasonable times, within reasonable limits, and in a reasonable manner, place of employment, and all pertinent conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment, and materials; to question privately an employer, owner, operator, agent, or employee; and to review records required by the act and rules promulgated under the act, and other records that are directly related to the purpose of the inspection or investigation. (2) Before inspecting areas containing information that is classified by an agency of the federal government in the interest of national security, departmental representatives shall obtain the appropriate security clearance.