South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 71 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION-DIVISION OF LABOR › Article 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS › Subarticle 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE FOR VARIANCES, LIMITATIONS, VARIATIONS, TOLERANCES, AND EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE SAFETY AND HEALTH LAWS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA › Section 71-201 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
As used in this subarticle, unless the context clearly
				  requires otherwise:
A. "State" means
				the State of South Carolina.
B.
				"Department" means the Department of Labor, State of South Carolina.
C. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner,
				Department of Labor, State of South Carolina.
D. "Employer" means any individual,
				partnership, joint venture, cooperative association or corporation licensed to
				do business in the State, and the State of South Carolina and any political
				subdivision thereof.
E. "Employee"
				means any person employed by an individual, partnership, joint venture,
				cooperative association or corporation licensed to do business in the State, or
				the State of South Carolina and any political subdivision thereof.
F. "Safety Specialist" means any individual
				commissioned by the Department of Labor, the State of South Carolina or any
				political subdivision thereof to enforce safety and health laws, rules and
				regulations.
G. "Person" means any
				individual, partnership, joint venture, cooperative association, corporation,
				organization of employees, the State of South Carolina or any political
				subdivision thereof.
H. "Party"
				means any individual, partnership, joint venture, cooperative association,
				corporation, the State of South Carolina or any political subdivision thereof
				who shall have a vested interest to participate in a hearing conducted in
				accordance with this subarticle.
I.
				"Affected Employee" means any employee who would be affected by the grant or
				denial of any petition.
J.
				"Standard" means a standard which requires conditions, or the adoption or use
				of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably
				necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment and places of
				employment.
K. [Reserved]
L. [Reserved]
M. [Reserved]
N. "Lost Workdays" is the number of days
				(consecutive or not) after, but not including, the day of injury or illness
				during which the employee would have worked but could not do so; that is, could
				not perform all or any part of the workday or shift, because of the
				occupational injury or illness.
O.
				"Establishment" means a single physical location where business is conducted or
				where services or industrial operations are performed. For activities where
				employees do not work at a single physical location, such as construction;
				transportation; communications, electric, gas and sanitary service; and similar
				operations, the establishment is represented by main or branch offices,
				terminals, stations, etc. that either supervise such activities or are the base
				from which personnel carry out these activities.
P. "Director of Inspection" means that person
				in the Department of Labor, State of South Carolina, who is responsible for
				inspections made pursuant to the State's Occupational Safety and Health Laws,
				and, that person in other State agencies having the responsibility of directing
				the inspection force of that agency which has a contractual agreement with the
				Department of Labor, State of South Carolina, to enforce the State's
				Occupational Safety and Health Laws.