- a) Enforcement Inspectors are authorized to enter without delay and at reasonable times any establishment, construction site, or other area, workplace or environment where work is performed by an employee of a public employer; to inspect and investigate during regular working hours and at other reasonable times, and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner, any such place of employment, and all pertinent conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment and materials in the place of employment; to question privately any employer, owner, operator, agent or employee; and to review records required by the Act, regulations and other records that are directly related to the purpose of the inspection.
- b) Prior to inspecting areas containing information deemed classified by a State agency in the interest of national and/or State security, Inspectors shall have obtained the appropriate security clearance.
(Source: Amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 3518, effective February 15, 2022)