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 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
the state OSHA equivalents listed below.
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 isn't listed below,
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 in one of the states, you are protected by the relevant regional
office of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The OSHA-equivalent agency in the Virgin Islands does not have a Web site
at this writing. Contact information is below.
Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Virgin Islands Department of Labor
3012 Golden Rock
Christiansted
St. Croix, Virgin Island 00840
Phone: (340) 772-1315
Fax: (340) 772-4323
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