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The OSH Act covers all employees and their employers in the 50 states and all territories and jurisdictions under federal authority. 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.”
The OSH Act does not cover the following:
In cases where another federal agency regulates safety and health working conditions in a particular industry, OSHA standards still apply if the other agency’s regulations do not address specific working conditions.