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Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-104

Scope of chapter

Known as the Occupational Safety and Health Act

The act spans §§ 50-3-1001 to 50-3-920 (95 sections).

Acts 1972, ch. 561, § 3; 1974, ch. 585, § 3; T.C.A., § 50-504; 2015, ch. 23, § 1.

This chapter or any standard or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall apply to all employers and employees except:

(1) The federal government, including its departments, agencies and instrumentalities;

(2) Employees whose safety and health are subject to protection under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, compiled in 42 U.S.C. §§ 2011-2296;

(3) Employees whose safety and health are subject to protection under the federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, compiled in 30 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., the federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act, codified as 30 U.S.C. § 725 [repealed], or title 59 of this code;

(4) Railroad employees whose safety and health are subject to protection under the federal Safety Appliances Act, compiled in 45 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. [repealed], or the federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, compiled in 45 U.S.C. §§ 431-441 [repealed];

(5) Domestic workers; and

(6) [Deleted by 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015.]

(7) Any employee engaged in agriculture who is employed on a farm, each of the employees of which is related to the employer as spouse, child, parent, grandparent or grandchild.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.