29 CFR 1903.19: Abatement verification
The official text is on the eCFR. Below: how the section is organized, the paragraphs our ASP, CHST questions are built on, and free questions to try.
Quoted from the eCFR, current as of 2026-10-14; last amended 2023-01-13.
How 29 CFR 1903.19 is organized
- (a) Scope and application1 paragraph
- (b)18 paragraphs
- (c) Abatement certification6 paragraphs
- (d) Abatement documentation2 paragraphs
- (e) Abatement plans3 paragraphs
- (f) Progress reports7 paragraphs
- (g) Employee notification10 paragraphs
- (h) Transmitting abatement documents7 paragraphs
- (i) Movable equipment14 paragraphs
- [Appendix A to Section 1903.19]18 paragraphs
- [Appendix B to Section 1903.19]28 paragraphs
Paragraphs our practice questions cite most
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“(d) Abatement documentation. (1) The employer must submit to the Agency, along with the information on abatement certification required by paragraph (c)(3) of this section, documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.”
“(B) The date approved by OSHA or established in litigation as a result of a petition for modification of the abatement date (PMA); or”
“(c) Abatement certification. (1) Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.”
“(i) Observes, within 24 hours after a violation is identified, that abatement has occurred; and”
“(ii) The employer must comply with an employee's or employee representative's request to examine and copy abatement documents within 5 working days of receiving the request.”
Free practice questions on 29 CFR 1903.19
Question 1
A contractor must submit an abatement certification to OSHA. The employer mails it with a postmark of March 3. The Area Office receives the envelope on March 7. For deciding whether the submission was on time, which date counts as the date of submission?
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Answer: B. March 3, the postmark date
OSHA's abatement document rule says the postmark date is the date of submission for mailed documents. Receipt date applies only to documents sent by other means. The Area Director's reading date and the signing date are not used for this purpose.
On the job
A safety coordinator at a food processing plant sends an abatement certification to the OSHA Area Office by mail on the last day allowed. The envelope shows a postmark of that day but arrives several days later. A manager worries the submission is late. The coordinator keeps the postmarked envelope and receipt because, for mailed abatement documents, the postmark date is the date of submission, so the certification counts as timely.
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Answer B rests on
29 CFR 1903.19(h)(2)(opens ecfr.gov in a new tab)“The date of postmark is the date of submission for mailed documents.”
Question 2
A compliance officer identifies an unguarded press brake on Monday morning during an on-site inspection. The employer installs a guard on Wednesday afternoon, and the officer sees the finished guard before leaving the site that day. OSHA later issues a citation for the condition. Must the employer certify abatement to OSHA?
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Answer: C. Yes, because the officer did not see abatement within 24 hours after identifying the violation
OSHA's abatement verification rule exempts certification only when the officer observes abatement within 24 hours after the violation is identified and notes it in the citation. Here the guard went in about two days later, so certification is required. Seeing it at any time during the inspection is not enough, and the willful or repeat classification does not control certification.
Answer C rests on
29 CFR 1903.19(c)(2)(i)(opens ecfr.gov in a new tab)“Observes, within 24 hours after a violation is identified, that abatement has occurred; and”
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