Section 610IAC9-2-4. Authority of compliance safety and health inspectors; security clearance

   (a) IOSHA compliance safety and health inspectors are authorized to enter without delay and at reasonable times any:

(1) establishment;

(2) construction site;

(3) workplace; or

(4) environment;

where work is performed by an employee or an employer to inspect and investigate safety and health compliance during regular working hours and at other reasonable times.

  (b) IOSHA compliance safety and health inspectors may do the following:

(1) Inspect, within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, any establishment, place of employment, and all pertinent:

(A) conditions;

(B) structures;

(C) machines;

(D) apparatus;

(E) devices;

(F) equipment; and

(G) materials;

therein.

(2) Question privately any:

(A) employee;

(B) employer;

(C) officer;

(D) manager or employer representative;

(E) owner;

(F) operator; or

(G) agent.

(3) Review:

(A) recordings, both audio and visual;

(B) pictures;

(C) papers;

(D) records;

(E) documents; and

(F) any other form of business record or tangible record;

documenting a fact, event, or proceeding required by the Act and rules published by the department and that are directly related to the purpose of the inspection.

  (c) Before inspecting areas containing information that is classified by an agency of the United States government in the interest of national security, the compliance safety and health inspectors shall obtain the appropriate security clearance. (Department of Labor; 610 IAC 9-2-4; filed Nov 6, 2006, 8:47 a.m.: 20061206-IR-610060159FRA; readopted filed Nov 30, 2012, 11:14 a.m.: 20121226-IR-610120578RFA)