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e�ploye�e �+"`��ian��e (�'A� �a�a�s��al is �c��lble, �o�iow�cl �ry t�e �aale�l �r��aa�ad �it�aiaa S c��sa �ff t�a� em�Iay�� fails �o �'ile th� Nc�t�c� of' �otates� £ca�s� c�� ti�e, t�a� C��in�x a�ac� I�io�ificataon of Fea�ai�y l�ecoa�a�s a ft"�a� �rd�� oi ihe �oaaa�nissioxae� vvhicl� is �a� s�abject �m ar�v�es� �y aaay c�a�a-� �r age�a�y �nd th� Occu�a�iorZ�I �a%�y �d FIe�ith D�visio�a ��y �'ale a�d ��orc� tiae ��a��t;y as a c�istrict eca�rt jud�ea�t vvii�au�i f�rthe� �ifltac� or �dc�itioza� p�a��ed�ngs �aYrsu��t �o �/[�aa�aesoia ��atute § IS�e�.7. ��IOy�� ]� $4D C�fllt�� - An e�nplayee or autl�orized representative af err�playees has th� right to a heari�g to contest t�zs Citation by filing a le�t�r with tl�e Co��unissioner of tl�e Depart�ent o� Labar and Indusiry at ihe address shown on page 1 within 20 cale�dar days af the employer's receipt af this Citation. Im�o��fa�at: 'To �e s€�x�aciea��d �i�ed, a� ��p�og�� ette� �� ca��t a��t be d��a€a�at�d i�a th� �Ja�a�ed S�ate.s raaa�i ��d �aastr�aa� �ecl, or otl�e��gs� ��nelg� r�c��v�s� �y �� C��ss�c��- a� th� ��crve address v�ath�n �0 c��ys afte� ihe e3af� t�ais Cit�i�o� is re�eivec� �y �he ez��iaye�. �a�s�r�ile (Fl�� a�rnittal �s �cc��tabl�, fnilow�� iy �t�e aas�ii�d origaaaa� �i��xa S days. ��' i��e �aa�pIoye� ��il� tm �le a letie� of co��iest �a� ti�a�, tI�u� C�i�tiora a�c� I�ota�eatio�t of Penallt�' becn�es a�x�a� o�der of �h� Coaiuuissior��r vvl�c� is aao� sn�je�i to revievv kay �ray cor� o� �geaacy �nd �lae Ciecn�patio�aa� �afe�y asaci H��ith I�i�visicaaa rraa� �ale �nd eas%rc� tI�� enal�y �s a d�stxici �v�a� jud�,�xat� �t�rsnt fr�rth�r a�oifice mr �clditimnal ��oceec�Z�gs p�a�-sua�a� ��a Maza�esc�ta S�a��te � 16I).1'7. E+ I�tp��Dy�� t��l�$ �O P�� t��itS - Affected employees or their authorized employee representatives ��ay elect to participate as pazties in th� farmal contested case hearing before ihe start of ihe heaxizzg by �ling �rritten notice with the Cornmissioner at tkze addzess shown abave: The notice �nust contain the empioye�s' names, addresses, author?zed ezxxployee repz-esez�tati�res, if any, an�1 a statement that t�.e� a�-e af��cted em�loyees o� #�e ci�ed employer. Emp�oye�° DiSC�'amin��i�n Ur�Ia'6�� - Empioyees w�ao belzeve t�at t�ey �ave b�en discharged or otherwise diseriminated against by any person because the employees have e�ereised a�y right authorized u�:der tlae provisians af Miz�nesota Statute § 182.67�-, may, within 30 days after s�c� allegeci discrzzninatian aceurs, �'ile a coznptaint with #he Cammissianer of the De�artment of Labor and Ir�dustry at the addr�ss shown abov�, alleging the diseriminatory act. P�NALTY INFORMATIC?N TVpeS (3f V101�t��n5 - There are 5 types of vialations that may be cited b� MN�SHA. T�ey are: Nonserious, S.ez'ia�s, Wi�lful, Re�eai and Failuze to Abate. Peilalties - In eases not invoiving the death of an employee, the law alldws the fallowing znaximu�n penalties: Nonserious, $7,4Q0; Serious, $7,000; WillfuI, $70,000; Repeat, $'70,Q00; and Fai�uz'e ta Abate, $7,000 per day . the vib'l��ion remains unabated. �f a Willf�l or Repeai �ialation ca�sed nr contributed to th� death of azz ezxzployee, however, MNOSHA is co�pe�Jed by law to assess tize employer a ta�al non-negotiable penalty of at least $SO,q00 for all citations cozuaeeted to the e�nployee's deatli. If there are no Willf�al or Repeat vicalatians a.mong t1�e vzalat'rons that caused or contributed to the ernployee's death, MNOSHA must assess the emplayer a total noza- negotiable penalty of af least $25,000 for all citations coru�ected ta ii�e emp�oyee's death. The following viotations axe not s�bject to these �inimums and will be �rocessed aecording to MN4SHA's azdinazy penalty syste�n; {a) any seriaus violations issued to an e�xzployer wzth �ewer than 5Q e�ploqees wher� the vicC#m qf a workplace fatality owned a eontrolling interest in the business �nless the Co�issio�ez d�tez-�ines that a�ne shall be assessed, and (b) any violatians found during a fatality iz�vestigatian but deternrzined nat ta be cozr�ected to the death of an employee. CitaGio�€ and �lotiitca€iQn of Pena[ty Page 3 af 7 MN05HD-2 (Rev. 1/95)