Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0800 - Labor and Workforce Development
Subtitle 0800-01 - Occupational Safety and Health
Chapter 0800-01-04 - Occupational Safety and Health Inspections, Citations, and Proposed Penalties
Section 0800-01-04-.02 - DEFINITIONS

(1) The definitions and interpretations contained in T.C.A. § 50-3-103 shall be applicable to such terms when used in this chapter except that the word "Commissioner" as used in Rules 0800- 01-04-.07, 0800-01-04-.13, 0800-01-04-.15, 0800-01-04-.16, 0800-01-04-.18, 0800-01-04-.19 and 0800-01-04-.20 shall mean only the Administrator or in the Administrator's absence shall mean the Assistant Administrator or Manager of Safety or Health Compliance, assigned in the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (TOSHA), Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

(2) In computing twenty (20) days, the day of receipt of any notice shall not be included, and the last day of the twenty (20) calendar days shall be included, except if it falls on a Saturday, Sunday or national holiday; then the next day not a Saturday, Sunday or national holiday shall be the last day.

(3) "Compliance Officer" means a person authorized by the Commissioner to conduct inspections.

(4) "Inspection" means any inspection of an employer's factory, plant, establishment, construction site or other area, workplace or environment where work is performed by an employee of an employer and includes any inspection conducted pursuant to a complaint, any reinspection, follow-up inspection, accident investigation or other investigation conducted under T.C.A. § 50-3-301.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-1411, 50-3-103 and 50-3-301.