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TN Code § 50-3-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 5 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties|§ 50-3-501. Unauthorized Advance Notice of Inspection

 Any person who, without proper authorization, gives advance notice of any inspection to be conducted under this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 50-3-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 5 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties|§ 50-3-502. False Statements or Representations in Applications, Records, Reports or Documents

 Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report or other document filed or required to be filed or maintained pursuant to this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 50-3-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 5 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties|§ 50-3-503. Death of Employee Caused by Willful Violation of Standard

 Any employer who willfully violates any standard adopted by regulation promulgated pursuant to § 50-3-201, which violation causes the death of any employee, commits a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 50-3-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 5 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties|§ 50-3-504. Disclosure of Trade Secrets or Privileged Information

 A representative of the commissioner of labor and workforce development who publishes, divulges, discloses, or makes known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any information coming to the representative in the course of the representative's employment or official duties or by reason of any examination or investigation made by, or return, report, or record made to or filed with the representative, which information contains or might reveal a trade secret or is otherwise privileged, commits a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 50-3-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 5 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties|§ 50-3-505. Enforcement of Part And Criminal Penalties

 The commissioner of labor and workforce development may seek enforcement of this part, and may offer to any district attorney general assistance that may be appropriate and feasible for the purpose of giving effect to this part, including the services of staff attorneys.
TN Code § 50-3-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 5 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties|§ 50-3-506. Grand Jury — Enforcement Duties

 The grand jury of each county is given inquisitorial power for the purpose of the enforcement of this part, and shall inquire promptly into any alleged violation brought to the attention of the grand jury by the commissioner of labor and workforce development.
TN Code § 50-3-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 6 - Variances|§ 50-3-601. Temporary Variances Authorized

  The commissioner of labor and workforce development may, upon written application by an employer, issue an order granting the employer a temporary variance from standards promulgated under this chapter.   The order shall prescribe the practices, means, methods, operations and processes that the employer must adopt or use while the variance is in effect and state in detail a program for coming into compliance with the standard.
TN Code § 50-3-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 6 - Variances|§ 50-3-602. Temporary Variances — Notice — Duration — Renewals

  The temporary variance provided for in § 50-3-601 may be granted only after notice to employees and interested parties and opportunity for hearing.   The variance may be for a period of no longer than required to achieve compliance or one (1) year, whichever is shorter.   The variance may be renewed only once; provided, that longer variances may be granted in the case of employers who undertake experimental programs in safety and health that are either in cooperation with state or federal agencies or approved by the commissioner.   Application for renewal of a variance must be filed in accordance with provisions in the initial grant of the variance.
TN Code § 50-3-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 6 - Variances|§ 50-3-603. Temporary Variances — Grounds

 An order granting a temporary variance shall be issued only if the employer establishes that:    The employer is unable to comply with the standard by the effective date because of the unavailability of professional or technical personnel or materials and equipment required or necessary construction or alteration of facilities or technology;   All available steps have been taken to safeguard the employer's employees against the hazards covered by the standard; and   The employer has an effective program for coming into compliance with the standard as quickly as practicable; or     The employer is engaged in an experimental program as described in § 50-3-602.
TN Code § 50-3-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 6 - Variances|§ 50-3-604. Temporary Variances — Applications

 An application for a temporary variance shall contain:   A specification of the standard or portion of the standard from which the employer seeks a variance;   A detailed statement of the reasons why the employer is unable to comply with the standard, supported by representations by qualified personnel having firsthand knowledge of the facts represented;   A statement of the steps the employer has taken and will take with specified dates, to protect employees against the hazard covered by the standard;   A statement of when the employer expects to comply and what steps the employer has taken or will take with specified dates to come into compliance with the standard; and   A certification that the employer has informed the employer's employees of the application by giving a copy of it to their authorized representatives, posting a statement summarizing the application, to include the location of a copy available for examination, at the places where employee notices are normally posted and by other appropriate means. The certification shall contain a description of the means actually employed to inform employees and that employees have been informed of their right to petition the commissioner for a hearing.
TN Code § 50-3-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 6 - Variances|§ 50-3-605. Permanent Variances

   Any affected employer may apply to the commissioner for a rule or order for a variance from a standard.   Affected employees shall be given notice of each application and an opportunity to participate in a hearing.     The commissioner shall issue the rule or order if the commissioner determines on the record, after opportunity for an inspection where appropriate and a hearing, that the proponent of the variance has demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that the conditions, practices, means, methods, operations or processes used or proposed to be used by an employer will provide employment and places of employment to the employer's employees that are as safe and healthful as those that would prevail if the employer complied with the standard.   The rule or order issued shall prescribe the conditions the employer must maintain, and the practices, means, methods, operations and processes that the employer must adopt and utilize, to the extent they differ from the standard in question.   The rule or order may be modified or revoked upon application by an employer, employees, or by the commissioner on the commissioner's own motion, in the manner prescribed for its issuance under this section at any time after six (6) months from its issuance.
TN Code § 50-3-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 6 - Variances|§ 50-3-606. Interim Variances

  Upon receipt of an application for an order granting a variance, the commissioner may issue an interim order granting the variance for the purpose of permitting time for an orderly consideration of the application.   No interim order may be effective for longer than one hundred eighty (180) days.
TN Code § 50-3-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 7 - Records and Reports|§ 50-3-701. Records and Reports Generally

 Each employer shall make available to the commissioner of labor and workforce development, in the manner the commissioner requires, copies of the same records and reports regarding the employer's activities relating to this chapter as are required to be made, kept or preserved by 29 U.S.C. § 657(c) and regulations made pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 657(c).
TN Code § 50-3-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 7 - Records and Reports|§ 50-3-702. Accident Reports

   Each employer shall, in addition to making available to the commissioner the records and reports required by § 50-3-701, report each and every accident resulting in a work-related death or personal injury as defined in § 50-6-102.   Reports of accidents that result in death or personal injury of a nature that the injured person does not return to the person's employment within seven (7) days after the occurrence of the accident shall be submitted to the bureau of workers' compensation as soon as possible, but not later than fourteen (14) days after the accident. Reports of all accidents causing seven (7) days of disability or fewer shall be submitted to the bureau of workers' compensation on or before the fifteenth day of the month following the month covered by the report.   The information required in the reports provided for in subdivision (a)(1) shall be prescribed by the commissioner and forms for making the reports shall be available on request.   Special or additional reports shall be furnished, on written request of the commissioner, to provide any other necessary information.   No report required by § 50-3-701 and this section shall be used in any judicial proceeding.     The employer's first report of work injury records that are maintained by the bureau are confidential. After completing a standard authorization form, which shall be provided by the bureau, an employee or an employee's attorney may obtain a copy of any report that concerns the employee's work injury. An employer may inquire in writing of the bureau to determine whether a job applicant has responded truthfully concerning any prior work injury. Nothing contained in this subsection (b) shall be construed or implemented to alter or amend existing law pertaining to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Form 300 reports. This section does not apply to a collective bargaining agent as certified by the national labor relations board (NLRB).
TN Code § 50-3-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 8 - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission|§ 50-3-801. Creation — Members

  There is created the occupational safety and health review commission, consisting of three (3) members to be appointed by the governor, each member to serve for a period of three (3) years.   The governor shall designate one (1) member to serve as chair.   The members shall be chosen from persons qualified by education, training or experience to carry out the functions of the commission.   Service on the commission for a term shall not render a person ineligible for reappointment.   Each member shall be reimbursed for travel in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as approved by the attorney general and reporter and the commissioner of finance and administration.   A per diem allowance of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall only be paid to members for meetings at which a quorum is present.   In the event a member is unable to complete the member's term, the member's replacement shall serve only the remainder of the term of the member the replacement replaces, unless reappointed.
TN Code § 50-3-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 8 - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission|§ 50-3-802. Functions

  The function of the commission shall be to review citations issued under § 50-3-307 and monetary penalties assessed under §§ 50-3-402 — 50-3-408.   The commission may affirm, modify or revoke a citation or a monetary penalty.
TN Code § 50-3-803 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 8 - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission|§ 50-3-803. Hearings

  The commission or its appointed hearing examiners may hold hearings at places of convenience to the parties concerned.   The powers of the commission in the conduct of hearings, including the power to administer oaths and subpoena persons, may be exercised on its behalf by a member, members or a hearing examiner appointed by the chair of the commission.   Hearings may be conducted on the basis of oral or written evidence.   The commission may administer oaths and subpoena persons, including parties, as witnesses and may compel them to produce documentary evidence for hearings.   Timely notice of the hearing and its time and place, as well as the future storage place for the hearing record, shall be given to the parties, and copies of the notice of the hearing shall be posted by the employer at places the commission shall require.   The hearings shall be open to the public and the records of hearings shall be maintained and available for examination.   For the orderly transaction of the hearings, the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure shall be used unless a different rule is adopted by the commission.   The rules of the commission shall provide affected employees or their representatives an opportunity to participate as parties.
TN Code § 50-3-804 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 8 - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission|§ 50-3-804. Quorum

 For the purpose of carrying out its functions under this chapter, two (2) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and official action can be taken only on the affirmative vote of at least two (2) members.
TN Code § 50-3-805 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 8 - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission|§ 50-3-805. Facilities

 It is the duty of the department of labor and workforce development to provide equipment, supplies, clerical assistance, and the like, that the commission reasonably requires.
TN Code § 50-3-806 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 50 - Employer and Employee|Chapter 3 - Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972|Part 8 - Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission|§ 50-3-806. Appeals

  An appeal may be taken from any final order or other final determination of the commission by any person, including the commissioner, who is or may be adversely affected by the final order or other final determination.   The appeal shall be processed in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 50-3-901 (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|§ 50-3-901. Delegation of Powers and Duties by the Commissioner

  The commissioner shall designate those persons in the commissioner's department responsible for carrying out the commissioner's powers, duties and responsibilities under this chapter.   The persons designated shall be qualified by education, training and experience to ensure the effectiveness of this chapter.
TN Code § 50-3-902 (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|§ 50-3-902. Delegation of Power of Inspection

 The commissioner of labor and workforce development may delegate the power to conduct inspections under §§ 50-3-301 — 50-3-306 to any other department of state government or to any local or regional health agency; provided, that the procedures employed by the department or agency are as effective as those employed by the commissioner.
TN Code § 50-3-903 (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|§ 50-3-903. Limitation on Delegation of Powers

  The commissioner of labor and workforce development shall not designate any person of a rank below division administrator to:  Determine to institute an action under § 50-3-401;   Seek judicial review under § 50-3-806;   Recommend to a district attorney general the institution of a criminal proceeding under § 50-3-409 or part 5 of this chapter; or   Permit the giving of advance notice of an inspection under §§ 50-3-301 — 50-3-306.     The commissioner shall not designate any person of a rank below division director to assess penalties under §§ 50-3-402 — 50-3-408.
TN Code § 50-3-904 (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|§ 50-3-904. Educational Programs Authorized

 The commissioner of labor and workforce development may engage in educational programs to provide an adequate supply of qualified personnel to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and is authorized to conduct, directly or by grants or contracts, training of personnel engaged in work related to the commissioner's responsibilities under this chapter. In carrying out the commissioner's responsibilities under this chapter, the commissioner is authorized to:   Use, with the consent of any state agency or agency of county or municipal government, the services, facilities and personnel of the agency, with or without reimbursement in accordance with existing regulations and procedures;   Employ experts and consultants or organizations of experts and consultants; and compensate the individuals employed at rates determined by the commissioner and approved by the department of finance and administration, including travel time, and allow them travel expenses while employed;   Engage in programs of research, demonstrations and experiments, directly, or by grant or contract, relating to occupational safety and health; and   Provide to employers or employees, to the extent feasible, advice and assistance to enable them to improve occupational safety and health in their work places.
TN Code § 50-3-905 (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|§ 50-3-905. Duties of Attorney General and Reporter and District Attorneys General

 It is the duty of the attorney general and reporter and of the district attorneys general in the various districts of the state to assist the commissioner of labor and workforce development, upon the commissioner's request, and to act promptly upon the commissioner's recommendations for the prosecution of persons alleged to be subject to sanctions under § 50-3-409 or part 5 of this chapter.
TN Code § 50-3-906 (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|§ 50-3-906. State Departments and Agencies — Responsibilities

 It is the responsibility of each administrative department, commission, board, division or other agency of the state to establish and maintain an effective and comprehensive occupational safety and health program consistent with the standards promulgated under this chapter. The head of each agency shall, in consultation with employees or representatives of employees of the agency:   Provide a safe and healthful place and conditions of employment;   Acquire, maintain and require the use of safety equipment, personal protective equipment and devices reasonably necessary to protect employees;   Make, keep, preserve and make available to the commissioner of labor and workforce development, the commissioner's designated representative or persons within the agency to whom the responsibilities have been delegated, adequate records of all occupational accidents and personal injuries for proper evaluation and necessary corrective action as required under §§ 50-3-701 and 50-3-702;   Consult with the commissioner with regard to the adequacy of the form and content of records kept pursuant to subdivision (3);   By agreement with the commissioner, devise a program of inspection and sanctions required to carry out the purposes of the chapter;   Consult with the commissioner regarding health and safety problems of the agency that are considered to be unusual or peculiar to its activities, or responsibilities that cannot be achieved under a standard required under this chapter;   Make an annual report to the commissioner with respect to accidents and personal injuries and the agency's program under the chapter; and   Provide reasonable opportunity for the participation of employees in the effectuation of the objectives of this section, including the opportunity to make anonymous complaints concerning conditions or practices injurious to employee safety and health.
TN Code § 50-3-907 (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|§ 50-3-907. Annual Report of State Department and Agency Programs

 The commissioner shall submit annually to the governor and the general assembly a summary or digest of reports submitted to the commissioner under § 50-3-906(7), together with the commissioner's evaluations of the progress toward achievement of the purposes of this chapter, the needs and requirements in the field of occupational safety and health, any other relevant information, and the commissioner's recommendations derived from these reports.
TN Code § 50-3-908 (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|§ 50-3-908. Violations by State Departments or Agencies — Notice

  Whenever the commissioner has reason to believe that an agency or department is failing reasonably to abide by §§ 50-3-906 — 50-3-913, the commissioner may issue to the head of the agency or department a written notification stating in what respects the agency or department has not adequately met its responsibilities.   If the agency or department does not advise the commissioner within twenty (20) days of its intention to contest the notification, the commissioner shall submit a copy of the notification to the governor, together with a request that action be taken to bring the agency or department into compliance with this chapter.   If, within twenty (20) days of receipt of notification, the agency or department advises the commissioner of its intention to contest the notification, the commissioner shall promptly notify the commission, which shall afford an opportunity for a hearing and shall thereafter issue to the governor its findings of fact and recommendations for action.