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eta�p�oye�•. Facs�� (�"'�� t��ana�ti�Y fs ��ce��a'��e, foi�mwes� b� �� il��i ori�iaa�� ti�� 5 days. �f ��e e�}��oy'ea� ��1,� iss �Zl� ��e Notice oi �na�� o� �s� ti�ae, ii�as Gi�ai��a� a�s� l��ti�c�ieo� o� �e�z��ty beco�aes a��a� arcie� of �h� �v�sseoner vvhicla is �ao� ��ject �o �ev�e�v i�y a�tg� �o��rt or agefl�cy a�ad tiae Oec��ifanal ,�afety �nci Heaith fl�fvis�a�� a�y �ile �a�.d exa�'a�rce the penalty �s a cl�strict co�ar� ,��ciggneaa� wetlac��at f�aa�tia�r 11U$IC� d�k' �4�[I1�T01��7 �3i'UC��€�i71�5 �l�T'5t1��&� ti0 Miilil�0�� $IE�C � I�T�e�'�e Ernp�4�e� k2i�hi t� ��te�� - An employee or autlio��ized representative o� emplayees has the rig�,t to a hearing �o contest t�is Citatian by �iling a letter with the Ca�nissio�er of the Aepartme�7t o� Labar and Industry at the address shown on page 1 wit�zir� 24 cal�rzdax- c�ays of t�Z� er�ployer's rece�pt of �k�is Citatioz�. Y�npoa��n�,� �'o b� ��r��de��d f�leel, �n ernp��ye� l�t�� o� c��t�sf �a��t b� d��vs�ied i� t�e �Ja�i�ed ��i�s ��il a�d �asi�aaa�k�c�, �� t��a��s� ii�a�ly �•e��e�i by t�� C�r��s�o�e� �i ��e �bov� �dcl�°ess wit�a� 20 d�ys �it�� t�l� [��f:&'. $�dl� CI$�tSO][4 fl5 I'��Y�'8d. �3� $Ii� ��87j1�0��Y•o lE'ac�i�ai�� (�'.�X) t��sn�it�E �s a��epta�a��, ftsl�owes� by t�ge inail�d m�igin� watl`niBa 5 d�yse �f the e�plo;y�e f�i�s �n fil� � leiter o� co�ates� c�� i��, �i�s �itatio� �nti �loiifflc.��ie��a oF �'ea��lty be�c�anes � fan�l o�dear o� tlae CogagaYaissio�a�� r�vla�cli is �ot sa�bjec� �a re�ie�v by ��p eourt mr ageaa�y �nd ��e Occ�apa�ios�a� �afety aracl �eea�t� Divisa�ax may �a�� a�c� e��f'o�rc� t�ae perialty as � dis�rect co�a� ,�udgna�ni witho�k %�-ther ��oti�e �a� adciftit��1 p��e�a�gs g�urs�xa�i io Ii�i�e�o�a �4att�t� § 16D.17. �+ igi�Bl�Dy�� Z1�1�� t�i ��L°ty �t��u� - Affected e7nplflyees or their autl�orized ernployee representatives may eleet to particzpaCe as parties i� t�e �or�al contested case hearing before tl�e start of the hea�ing by filing wz'itten notzc�. with t�e Cammzssaor�er at tJae address shaw�X above. The notiee must contain the ezx�playees' naznes, addresses, au±�iarizec� err!ployee repYesentatzves, if azay, a�xd a st�tem�nt t�at ��ey ax� affected employees o� the cit.ed emplayez. ��i�iplcf��' DiSC�'IiilI.11��01� ��1�v4'fuI � Er�ployees w�o believe tliat they �ave beez� disci�arged or othezwzse discrimz�ated against by a�y person beca�se !h� employees �iave �xe�rcised any right authorized under the �z'ovisions of Minnesota Statuie § 182.674, may, withzn 3Q days after such alleged discriminatian pceurs, fi(e a co�n�slaint with tt�e Co�x�zssian�r of the Depaxtrnent of La.bor and Tndustry at the address shown above, aileging tl�e discrimiaaatory act. PENALTY INF�RMATTON T'yTJeS_p� V�fl��tiOnS - There are S types of violat'rons that may be cited by MNOSH�. They are: Nonserio�s, Seriaus, Wiilf�:�, Rep�at and Failuz� to Abate. Pez1�l�i�s - In cas�s not involving the deat� o�' an employee, the lavv allpc,vs the following znaxitxum penalties: Nonserzous, $7,000; Seriaus, $7,00�; Vi�illful, $7�,00�; Rep�at, $70,000; and Failur� to Abate, $7,00� �er day the v�olatiaza reznains unabat�d. Ti a Willful or Re�eat violation caused or eontrib�ted to the death of an �m�layee, �nwever, MN4SHA is compelled by law to assess the employer a total noz�-negotiable genalty af at least $50,0�0 for ail citatians canr�ected to the ez�playee's death. If t�ere ar� no WiII�I or Rep�at violations amo�l� th� violatians t�Zat caused or cox�tri��ted to the employe�'s death, MNOSHA mus� assess the em�loyer a�ot�1 :�pn- ��egotiabi� penalry of �t least $25,000 for aiI citalions eannecied ta the e�ap�oye�'s death. The follawing violations are not subject tv th�se �inimums and will be proeessed accocdiz�g to N�N�SI-�A's orfliz�az'y penalty �yste�n: (a) any s�rious vzalatxor�s issued to a�x ernployer with fewer than SO employees when the victim af a work�lace fatality owned a eontrolling interest in the busizzess un�e,�s the Coz�c�issiane� det�rmines that a fine s�all b� assess�d, and {b) any violatzons �ound during a fatality in�estigation b�t determined not to b� connected to the deati� of an employe�. Citation and Notifi�ation o:f Penalty Page 3 af 5 MN05HD-2 (�tev. 5/95)