Occupational Safety and Health Resource Locator

Twenty-four (24) states are covered entirely by the federal OSHA program.

The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) strives to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of Tennessee workers. Staff establishes protective standards, enforces those standards and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance, training and consultation programs. The Standards & Procedures section prepares state and federal rules changes and federal program changes for adoption by the State. This section provides interpretations of specific standards and help to both employers and employees in finding and understanding TOSHA standards. The section provides standards manuals for 29 CFR 1910 General Industry, for 29 CFR 1926 Construction and for 29 CFR 1928 Agriculture at cost. This section adopts federal rules changes to remain "at least as effective as? the federal program and adopts state rule changes.

Applicable Agencies

Federal OSHA
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Federal Regulations for Construction

• Interlinked Information on State Plan Standards and Policies/Directives. An OSHA system for displaying the State Plans' responses to Federal standards and directives issued after May 2006.
• Hospital e-Tool. Interactive, web-based training tools on occupational safety and health topics.
• OSHA Assistance for the Residential Construction Industry. This page is maintained as a product of the Alliance between OSHA and National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
• National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF) OSHA Alliance. OSHA and NASF will work together to provide NASF members and others in the metal surface finishing industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help protect employees' health and safety.
• Inspection Procedures for the Chromium (VI) Standards (Directive number: CPL 02-02-074). The purpose of this Instruction is to provide guidelines and establish uniform inspection and compliance procedures for the occupational exposure standards for hexavalent chromium published in the Federal Register, February 28, 2006, and effective May 30, 2006. Field Operations Manual (January 2009). State status of adoption.