1. What is the function of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission?

2. How was the OSHRC created?

3 .What is an OSHA violation?

4 What is an OSHA citation?

5.What is meant by "penalties"?

6.What is a Notice of Contest?

7.Can an employer wait until after the OSHRC reviews a citation to post the citation at the workplace?

8. How long do employees have to contest an abatement period?

9. What happens if an employer misses any deadline given by OSHA or the OSHRC for response?

10.What is the Latin term for "without an attorney"?

11. Describe the notice of docketing.

12 .Describe the advantages of the conventional process for protesting an OSHA citation.

13 .Describe the disadvantages of the conventional process for protesting an OSHA citation.

14 .Describe a complaint. Include in your response its purpose and how it is used.

15 .Describe the answer to a complaint. When must it be filed and what must it contain?

16. Define the term discovery and list four discovery techniques used in cases sent to the OSHRC.

17. When does discoverytake place?

18 .When is an interlocutory appeal appropriate?

19 ;After filing a Notice of Contest, a cited employer decides NOT to contest the citation. Describe how that employer officially communicates this decision.

20 .With respect to the conventional process for hearing a contested citation . . .

Where are hearings typically held?

Who presides over the hearings?

Who may represent the employer at the hearing?

Who may represent OSHA at the hearing?

21 .Define the term brief (with respect to its usage in an OSHRC case).

22. What are proposed findings of fact?

23 .What are proposed conclusions of law?

24 .What is a petition for discretionary review and on what basis may it be filed?

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