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TN Code § 50-3-909 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-909. Conditions or Practices by State Departments or Agencies Endangering Health — Abatement

 Whenever the commissioner of labor and workforce development has reason to believe that failure of an agency or department to meet its responsibilities under this chapter creates imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to any employee of this state, the commissioner shall immediately submit to the governor a statement of the reasons for the commissioner's belief, together with recommendations for the immediate abatement of the hazard.
TN Code § 50-3-910 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-910. Local Governments' Duty to Employees — Treatment as Private Employer

  It is the duty of county, municipal and other local governments to provide their employees with conditions of employment consistent with the objectives of this chapter, and to comply with standards developed under § 50-3-201.   On or before July 1, 2006, or in the case of local governments created after July 1, 2004, within two (2) years following the creation of the local government, each local government shall elect whether to:  Be treated as a private employer; or   Develop its own program of compliance.     If a local government elects to develop its own program of compliance, it shall prepare a statement in writing of the program, including a description of methods of inspection, and shall register the program with the commissioner of labor and workforce development, by sending to the commissioner by certified mail a written notification that includes:  A statement that the local government elects to develop its own program of compliance;   A statement that the program has been developed and has been reduced to writing;   A statement of where the writing may be inspected;   A statement that employees of the local government have been informed of the program and have access to the writing;   An assurance that the program incorporates standards developed under § 50-3-201; and   An assurance that the program includes provisions for inspection and record keeping as effective as the provisions of this chapter.     If a local government does not file the notification, it shall be considered to have elected to be treated as a private employer.   On or before July 1, 2016, each utility district created by private act shall elect to either:  Be treated as a private employer; or   Develop its own program of compliance.
TN Code § 50-3-911 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-911. Inspection and Enforcement of Local Government Programs

 No action shall be taken with reference to an employer that is a local government, other than the performance of inspections under §§ 50-3-301 — 50-3-306 performed for the purpose of determining the effectiveness of programs developed and registered by the employers under § 50-3-910, and other than investigation and enforcement actions under § 50-3-409, unless the local government has elected to be treated as a private employer.
TN Code § 50-3-912 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-912. Report of Failure of Government Programs

 If the commissioner has reason to believe that any local government program of compliance is ineffective, the commissioner shall, after unsuccessfully seeking by negotiation to abate the failure, include this fact in the commissioner's annual report to the governor and the general assembly, together with the reasons for the belief that the local government program of compliance is ineffective, and may recommend legislation intended to correct the condition.
TN Code § 50-3-913 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-913. Local Governments as Private Employers — Enforcement Not Affected by Notice to Develop Own Program

 If proceedings under §§ 50-3-307, 50-3-401 — 50-3-404, 50-3-407 and 50-3-408 or 50-3-409, 50-3-501 — 50-3-503, 50-3-505 and 50-3-506 have been commenced with reference to a local government that has elected to be treated as a private employer, the proceedings, including subsequent review, shall not be terminated by the filing of a notification of an election to develop its own program of compliance.
TN Code § 50-3-914 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-914. Trade Secrets Confidential

  All information obtained by or reported to the commissioner pursuant to any section of this chapter that contains or might reveal a trade secret or is otherwise privileged shall be considered confidential for the purpose of that section. The information may be disclosed to other officers or employees concerned with carrying out this chapter or when relevant in any proceeding under this chapter.   A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 50-3-915 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-915. Compliance With Chapter — Relation of Chapter to Other Laws

  Compliance with any other state law that regulates safety and health in employment and places of employment shall not excuse any employer or employee or any other person from compliance with this chapter or any standard or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter.   Compliance with this chapter or any standard or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter shall not excuse any employer or employee or any other person from compliance with any state law regulating and promoting safety and health unless the state law is specifically repealed by this chapter or is repealed by subsequent legislation pursuant to this chapter.
TN Code § 50-3-916 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-916. Minimizing Report Burden

  Records and reports required by this chapter shall be obtained with a minimum burden on employers, especially those operating small businesses.   Unnecessary duplication will be avoided by encouraging and approving the use of existing substitute records for those required under §§ 50-3-701 and 50-3-702 to the maximum extent possible.
TN Code § 50-3-917 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-917. Cooperation With Federal Government

 The commissioner of labor and workforce development, subject to the direction and designation of the governor under § 4-4-116, is authorized, in accordance with § 18 of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, codified as 29 U.S.C. § 667 to:   Submit a state plan for the state that provides for safe and healthful employment by the adoption of standards and means for enforcement of the standards that are at least as effective as those standards and means for enforcement of the standards as are provided by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, compiled in 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678;   Accept funds made available under that act and similar or related acts;   Enter into agreements and make reports necessary to the acceptance of the funds; and   Cooperate with the federal government in ways that are reasonably designed to carry out the purposes of the act.
TN Code § 50-3-918 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-918. Hazardous Condition — Action by Commissioner — Emergency Stop Orders

  If the commissioner of labor and workforce development, upon inspection or investigation, finds a hazardous condition at a place of employment that presents an imminent threat to life or limb of an employee, the commissioner may issue an emergency stop order requiring the immediate alleviation of the condition. This may require the discontinuation of a practice or the removal of all individuals from the threatened area. The stop order shall be in writing and is effective from the time it is posted in the place where the condition exists. Immediately after the order is posted, a copy shall be given to the employer. The commissioner shall fix a place and time, not later than twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, for a hearing to be held before the commissioner. Not more than twenty-four (24) hours after the start of the hearing, and without adjournment of the hearing, the commissioner shall affirm, modify or set aside the commissioner's previous order. The commissioner shall cause a transcript to be made of the proceedings in the hearing, copies of which shall be made available to all parties affected, at a reasonable cost.   The action taken by the commissioner shall be subject to review by the chancery or circuit court of the county in which the condition is found to exist, upon petition for certiorari in the manner now provided for review of actions of boards and commissions in title 27, chapter 9. The review shall take precedence over all other matters on the docket except application for extraordinary process. Upon petition for certiorari, the stop order may be vacated by the reviewing court upon the giving of a bond as the court may find appropriate in the circumstances by the party seeking review.   Should the commissioner fail to abide by the provision for affirming, modifying or setting aside of the commissioner's order, any work or project halted by the stop order may resume, it being the legislative intent that the stop order shall not serve to be a device to be used arbitrarily.
TN Code § 50-3-920 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 9 - Miscellaneous Administrative and Enforcement Provisions|§ 50-3-920. No Regulation and Enforcement of Changes in Federal Regulations Relating to Child Labor Performed on Farms

 On or after April 16, 2012, no public funds of this state or any political subdivision of this state shall be allocated to the regulation or enforcement of any change made after December 1, 2011, to the United States department of labor's Hazardous Occupations Orders for Agricultural Employment relating to children, compiled in 29 CFR part 570.
TN Code § 50-3-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 10 - High-Voltage Lines|§ 50-3-1001. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Approved” means approved by the commissioner;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of labor and workforce development or any of the commissioner's authorized representatives;   “Department” means the department of labor and workforce development;   “High-voltage” means a voltage in excess of seven hundred fifty (750) volts between conductors or from any conductor to ground; and   “Overhead lines” means all bare or insulated electrical conductors installed above ground, except those conductors that are enclosed in approved metal covering.
TN Code § 50-3-1002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 10 - High-Voltage Lines|§ 50-3-1002. Guarding Against Accidental Contact by Employee

 No person, firm, or corporation, or agent of a person, firm or corporation, shall require or permit any employee to perform any function in proximity to high-voltage overhead lines; to enter upon any land, building, or other premises and engage in any excavation, demolition, construction, repair or other operation; or to erect, install, operate, or store in or upon such premises any tools, machinery, equipment, materials, or structures, including house moving, well drilling, pile driving or hoisting equipment, unless and until danger from accidental contact with such high-voltage overhead  lines has been effectively guarded against in the manner prescribed in this part.
TN Code § 50-3-1003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 10 - High-Voltage Lines|§ 50-3-1003. Clearance or Safeguard Required

  The operation, erection or transportation of any tools, machinery, or equipment, or any part of any tools, machinery, or equipment, capable of vertical, lateral or swinging motion, the handling, transportation or storage of any supplies, materials or apparatus, or the moving of any house or other building, or any part of any house or building, under, over, by or near high-voltage overhead lines, is expressly prohibited, if at any time during such operation, transportation or other manipulation it is possible to bring the equipment, tools, materials, building, or any part of the equipment, tools, materials or building, within ten feet (10') of the high-voltage overhead lines, or the distance required by an applicable standard of the Tennessee occupational health administration, except where the high-voltage overhead lines have been effectively guarded against danger from accidental contact, by either:  The erection of mechanical barriers to prevent physical contact with high-voltage conductors;   De-energizing the high-voltage conductors and grounding where necessary; or   By insulating the lines.     Only in the case of an exception referenced in subdivision (a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) may the clearance required by subsection (a) be reduced. The clearance required by subsection (a) shall not be provided by movement of the conductors through strains impressed, by attachments or otherwise, upon the structures supporting the high-voltage overhead line nor upon any equipment, fixtures or attachments on the structures.   If temporary relocation of the high-voltage conductors is necessary, appropriate arrangements shall be made with the owner or operator of the overhead line for such temporary relocation.
TN Code § 50-3-1005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 10 - High-Voltage Lines|§ 50-3-1005. Notification to Power Company and Responsibility for Safeguards

 When any operations are to be performed, tools or materials are to be handled, or equipment is to be moved or operated, within ten feet (10'), or the distance required by an applicable standard of the Tennessee occupational health administration, of any high-voltage overhead line, the person or persons responsible for the work to be done shall promptly notify the operator of the high-voltage overhead line of the work to be performed, and such person shall be responsible for the completion of the safety measures that are required by §§ 50-3-1002 and 50-3-1003, before proceeding with any work that would impair the clearance.
TN Code § 50-3-1006 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 10 - High-Voltage Lines|§ 50-3-1006. Enforcement

 The commissioner shall administer and enforce this part and the commissioner is empowered to prescribe and promulgate rules and regulations consistent with this part.
TN Code § 50-3-1007 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 10 - High-Voltage Lines|§ 50-3-1007. Violation of Part

 A violation of any provision of this part is a violation of § 50-3-105(1).
TN Code § 50-3-1008 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 10 - High-Voltage Lines|§ 50-3-1008. Operations Exempt

 This part shall not be construed as applying to, shall not apply to, and is not intended to apply to, the construction, reconstruction, operation, and maintenance of overhead electrical conductors and their supporting structures and associated equipment by authorized and qualified electrical workers; nor to the authorized and qualified employees of any person, firm or corporation engaged in the construction, reconstruction, operation, and maintenance of overhead electrical circuits or conductors and their supporting structures and associated equipment of rail transportation systems, or electrical generating, transmission, distribution, and communication systems. This exception, when applied to railway systems, shall be construed as permitting operation of standard rail equipment that is normally used in the transportation of freight or passengers or both and the operation of relief trains, or other equipment in emergencies, or in maintenance of way service, at a distance of less than ten feet (10'), or the distance required by an applicable standard of the Tennessee occupational health administration, from any high-voltage overhead conductor of such railway system; but this part shall be construed as prohibiting normal repair or construction operations at a distance of less than ten feet (10'), or the distance required by an applicable standard of the Tennessee occupational health administration, from any high-voltage overhead conductor by other than properly qualified and authorized persons or employees under the direct supervision of an authorized person who is familiar with the hazards involved, unless there has been compliance with the safety provisions of §§ 50-3-1002 — 50-3-1005.
TN Code § 50-5-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 5 - Child Labor|Part 1 - Child Labor Act of 1976|§ 50-5-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Child Labor Act of 1976.”
TN Code § 50-5-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 5 - Child Labor|Part 1 - Child Labor Act of 1976|§ 50-5-103. Employment of Minor Under 14 Years of Age — Penalty

  A minor under fourteen (14) years of age may not be employed in any gainful occupation except as otherwise provided in § 50-5-107.   Any person who violates subsection (a) commits a Class D felony.
TN Code § 50-5-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 5 - Child Labor|Part 1 - Child Labor Act of 1976|§ 50-5-104. Employment of Minors Fourteen or Fifteen Years of Age

  A minor who is either fourteen (14) or fifteen (15) years of age may be employed in connection with any gainful occupation that:  Does not interfere with the minor's schooling, health or well-being;   Is not prohibited by subsection (b); or   Is not prohibited by § 50-5-106.     A minor who is either fourteen (14) or fifteen (15) years of age may not be employed:  During school hours;   Between the hours of seven o'clock p.m. (7:00 p.m.) and seven o'clock a.m. (7:00 a.m.), if the next day is a school day;   Between the hours of nine o'clock p.m. (9:00 p.m.) and six o'clock a.m. (6:00 a.m.);   More than three (3) hours a day on school days;   More than eighteen (18) hours a week during a school week;   More than eight (8) hours a day on nonschool days; or   More than forty (40) hours a week during nonschool weeks.
TN Code § 50-5-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 5 - Child Labor|Part 1 - Child Labor Act of 1976|§ 50-5-105. Employment of Minors Sixteen or Seventeen Years of Age

  A minor who is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age may be employed in connection with any gainful occupation that:  Does not interfere with the minor's health or well-being;   Is not prohibited by subsection (b); or   Is not prohibited by § 50-5-106.     A minor who is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age and is enrolled in school may not be employed:  During those hours when the minor is required to attend classes; or   Between the hours of ten o'clock p.m. (10:00 p.m.) and six o'clock a.m. (6:00 a.m.), Sunday through Thursday evenings preceding a school day.  If the parents or guardians of the minor submit to the employer a signed and notarized statement of consent, then the minor may be employed between the hours of ten o'clock p.m. (10:00 p.m.) and twelve o'clock midnight (12:00 a.m.), Sunday through Thursday evenings preceding a school day; provided, that under no circumstances shall the minor be employed between those hours on those evenings on more than three (3) occasions during any week.   Each statement of consent shall be submitted to the employer on a carbonized form provided for the purpose by the department. Upon accepting the form, the employer shall promptly mail the carbon copy of the form to the commissioner.   The form shall remain valid until the end of the school year during which it is submitted or until termination of the minor's employment, or until the minor reaches the age of majority, whichever occurs first; and the original copy of the form shall be maintained for the period of its effectiveness by the employer at the location of the minor's employment.   At any time, consent may be rescinded by submission to the employer of a statement of rescission, signed by the parents or guardians of the minor.       With respect to a student enrolled with a church-related school as defined in § 49-50-801, or who is home schooled in accordance with § 49-6-3050 and has the consent of the parent conducting the home school, subdivision (b)(1) shall not apply. However, to work during the hours identified in subdivision (b)(1), the student shall also present to the employer a letter signed by the director, as defined in § 50-5-102, confirming the student's enrollment and the authorization to work. The director of the church-related school shall send a copy of the letter to the director of the LEA of the school district in which the child resides.   If the department discovers that an employer has violated this section or has violated § 50-5-111, by failing to maintain the required file record, including an accurate time record showing the hours of a minor's beginning and ending of work each day, then the department shall promptly take appropriate actions to ensure imposition of the sanctions prescribed by § 50-5-112.