§ 50-3-401 Injunctive relief
§ 50-3-402 Authority of commissioner
§ 50-3-403 Knowledge of conditions endangering health or safety – Penalty
§ 50-3-404 Failure to correct violation of standard or regulation – Penalty
§ 50-3-405 Violation of standard or regulation – Nonserious violation – Willful or repeat violations – Penalties
§ 50-3-406 Violation of posting requirements
§ 50-3-407 Manner of imposing penalties
§ 50-3-408 Payment of penalties – Action to recover
§ 50-3-409 Discrimination against employee
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 50 > Chapter 3 > Part 4 - Civil Remedies

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Commission: means the occupational safety and health review commission established pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • commissioner of labor and workforce development: means the chief executive officer of the department of labor and workforce development. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • division of occupational safety and health: means the division of occupational safety and health of the department. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • Employer: means a person engaged in a business who has one (1) or more employees and includes county, metropolitan and municipal governments. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • Issue: means a category of like industrial, occupational or hazard groupings that affects the safety and health of employment or place of employment and is suggested by the groupings in the Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, chapter XVII, part 1910. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • Standard: means an occupational safety and health standard promulgated by the commissioner that requires conditions or the adoption or the use of one (1) or more practices, means, methods, operations or processes reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe and healthful employment and places of employment. See Tennessee Code 50-3-103
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105