State Occupational Safety and Health Administrations
State equivalents of the U.S. Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) are listed below.
About State Occupational Safety and Health Administrations
With approval from OSHA, states (and U.S. territories) may set their own
safety and health standards that are equal to or better than the Federal
standards enforced by OSHA. Many states have, and enforce their safety
and health standards through state OSHA equivalents.
State Occupational Safety and Health Administrations protect the safety
and health of state and municipal public-sector workers.
Most also protect private-sector workers.
The few that protect only public-sector workers are listed separately below.
Although Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA is
the common name for each of the state-equivalent agencies, some go by variations
of the name, as shown below. Regardless, most are the safety and health
divisions of state labor departments.
Filing Complaints with State Occupational Safety and Health Administrations
Protected workers who reasonably believe that their employers are endangering
their safety or health, may file complaints with either OSHA or
its state equivalent. Employers may not rightfully retaliate against "whistleblowers"
who file safety or health complaints with OSHA or state equivalents, even
if it turns out that the employers were not violating standards.
State Occupational Safety and Health Administrations
If you're a private-sector worker, but your state (or U.S. territory)
isn't listed below, then you are protected by the relevant regional
office of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
State Occupational Safety and Health Administrations - Public Sector
Only
The following state Occupational Safety and Health Administrations protect
only state and municipal, public-sector workers. If you are a private-sector
worker, then you are protected by the relevant regional
office of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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