A compliance company asked whether employers can meet OSHA's posting requirements by stacking multiple posters — the OSHA notice along with other government labor law postings — on a wall-mounted hanger, provided the posters remain easily accessible and viewable by employees.
OSHA responded in the negative, citing 29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1): 'Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.' The intent of the standard is that notices be 'displayed in a conspicuous place and readily observable by workers.'
OSHA concluded that 'covering OSHA notices with other documents, regardless of the nature of those documents, and requiring workers to manually locate the OSHA notices does not meet the requirement nor the intent of this standard.' Because the inquirer was in California, OSHA also recommended contacting the California State Plan (Cal/OSHA) for state-specific requirements.