Safety Manual | 2024

2.2 OSHA Inspection Response Procedures

Due to the legal sensitivity of an OSHA inspection, BL Companies’ Employees should adhere to the following protocol if approached by an OSHA Inspector. · Be polite and professional. · Ask the OSHA Inspector what the basis is for the inspection and for a copy of the complaint, if applicable. · Contact the corporate headquarters before allowing the inspection. The OSHA Inspector will wait a reasonable amount of time for that contact to be made, generally no longer than an hour. · Do not offer any information, documentation or tour of facility without speaking to a member of the BL Companies’ Inspection Team listed below. A member of the Team will instruct the Employee on how to proceed. Œ Julia O’Brien, Co-Vice President of Operations, General Counsel Œ Shannon Powers, Human Resources, OSHA Administrator Œ Joy Kloss, LEP, CHMM, Senior Project Manager Œ John Jenney, CCCA, Senior Construction Manager · If the Inspector requests an immediate correction be made, the Employee may do so within reason, such as put on proper PPE, properly set-up cones or shut down the operation of machinery.

Purpose The purpose of this Section is to define and explain the appropriate protocol. Employees shall follow if approached by an OSHA Inspector on a job site or at a BL Companies’ office location.

Scope This Section applies to all BL Companies’ Employees.

Policy BL Companies’ Employees should understand that during an OSHA inspection OSHA has the right to do the following: · Decline to provide advance notice; · Inspect workplaces with probable cause, consent, or when hazards are in plain view; · Inspect records; · Collect evidence, for example, air or noise samples and photograph; · Conduct employee interviews; and · Exercise its authority to issue subpoenas for records and interviews.

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