Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 1416
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 1416
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Director: means the Director of Occupational Health. See
- Division: means the Division of Occupational Health. See
- Employee: means any person engaged in service to an employer for wages, salary, or other compensation, excluding an independent contractor. See
- Employer: means a person who employs one or more persons. See
- Health hazard: means any material, including biological material or energy, or both, in any form from any source that can adversely affect the health of any employee, or can adversely affect the health of any person exposed in a place of employment or any person adversely exposed from a source in a place of employment. See
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means a natural person, corporation, partnership, trust, society, club, association, or other organization, including municipalities and the State. See
- Place of employment: means any work place or place where an employee is engaged in performance of his or her work or duties, or which is used in connection with an employee's employment. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 1416. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Director” means the Director of Occupational Health.
(2) “Division” means the Division of Occupational Health.
(3) “Employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer for wages, salary, or other compensation, excluding an independent contractor.
(4) “Employer” means a person who employs one or more persons.
(5) “Health hazard” means any material, including biological material or energy, or both, in any form from any source that can adversely affect the health of any employee, or can adversely affect the health of any person exposed in a place of employment or any person adversely exposed from a source in a place of employment.
(6) “Occupational disease” means a disease caused by exposure to an occupational health hazard.
(7) “VOSHA Code” means this chapter and 21 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 3, subchapters 4 and 5.
(8) “Person” means a natural person, corporation, partnership, trust, society, club, association, or other organization, including municipalities and the State.
(9) “Place of employment” means any work place or place where an employee is engaged in performance of his or her work or duties, or which is used in connection with an employee’s employment. It includes structures, buildings, machinery, equipment, tools, appliances, and materials used in connection with the employment. It also includes land and premises where an employer is carrying on any activity or business involving the use of one or more employees. (Added 1971, No. 205 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 62; 2023, No. 6, § 116, eff. July 1, 2023.)