Abatement Verification: Who Does What? Employers must: Certify that hazards/violations cited by OSHA during an inspection have been abated. OSHA has provided examples of simple abatement certification letters that employers may use to certify that they have abated each cited hazard. Provide abatement documentation, abatement plans, and progress reports for some violations. Inform affected employees and their representatives of the abatement action the employer has taken. Allow employees to examine and copy abatement documents sent to OSHA. Tag cited movable equipment to warn employees of the hazard. Employers can use tags of their own design or those that are available through OSHA. OSHA will: Indicate on the Citation and Notification of Penalty any serious items that require additional abatement documentation, abatement plans, and progress reports. Document, during the inspection, any cited conditions that the employer permanently corrects; no further abatement certification is required for these corrected items. Employees must: Notify their employer, within 3 working days of the time abatement information is sent to OSHA, that they wish to review or copy that information. See more from topic source: https://www.osha.gov/html/a-z-index.html