OSH ACT AND OSHA STANDARDS

OSH Act Coverage - Employer Provisions

As defined by the OSH Act, an employer is any "person engaged in a business affecting commerce who has employees, but does not include the United States or any State or political subdivision of a State".

Therefore, the OSH Act applies to employers and employees in such varied fields as:

Manufacturing

Construction

Longshoring

Agriculture

Law and medicine

Charity and disaster relief

Organized labor and private education.

Such coverage includes religious groups to the extent that they employ workers for secular purposes.

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