The Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.) Section 50-3-906 requires each administrative department or agency of state government to establish and maintain an effective and comprehensive occupational safety and health program. It also requires that each county, municipal, and other local government provide its employees with conditions of employment consistent with the objectives of the Act, either by developing its own program of voluntary compliance or by electing to be treated as a private employer (T.C.A.§ 50-3-910).
The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development of the State of Tennessee is charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing the provisions of the Act in both the private and public sector. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health Public Sector section monitors each state and local government entity registered with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
The Public Sector section is staffed with safety and health compliance officers located throughout the state. Each program is evaluated every two years to assess the program's effectiveness.
Public Employers are required to report within eight hours the death of any employee from a work-related incident or the in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees as a result of a work-related incident. You must report this either orally or in person. You may use the TOSHA toll-free central telephone number 24 hours a day at 1-800-249-8510.
Send comments to Division of Occupational Safety and Health
TOSHA
220 French Landing Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Ph: (615) 741-2793
Fax: (615) 253-1623
Toll Free: 1-800-249-8510
