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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="5-503" title_number="5" title_name="Occupational Safety and Health" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Training of Power Equipment Operators">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each employer that hires employees to operate power equipment shall develop and carry out an employee safety training program designed to inform employees of and train employees in applicable standards for safe operation of power equipment including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>limitations and use;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>rated load capacities; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>special hazards.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On request by the Commissioner, an employer shall give the Commissioner a copy of its safety training program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each employer that hires employees to operate power equipment shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>keep on file for inspection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a written description of its employee training program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a notation of where an employee received safety training, if the employer did not provide the employee with safety training;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>assure that specifications of a manufacturer applicable to operation of a piece of power equipment are available to each operator; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>post operating instructions as required by occupational safety and health standards.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
