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;

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 50-3-104

  • Agriculture: means :
    (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • 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
(2) Employees whose safety and health are subject to protection under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (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and Safety Act of 1969 (30 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.), the federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act (30 U.S.C. § 725 [repealed]), or title 59 of this code;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 (45 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. [repealed]), or the federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. §§ 431-441 [repealed]);
(5) Domestic workers; and
(6) 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.