Virgin Islands Notice of Unsafe or Unhealthful Condition

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This form is used to give notice of unsafe or unhealthful conditions in a work environment.

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This Act shall apply with respect to employment performed in a workplace in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Wake Island, Outer Continental Shelf Lands defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands

In four of these locations (Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and the Virgin Islands), the state plan covers public-sector workers only; private-sector employers are still covered by federal OSHA. In the remaining state plan states, the state has jurisdiction over both public and private employers.

The OSH Act encourages states to develop and operate their own job safety and health plans and precludes state enforcement of OSHA standards unless the state has an approved plan. OSHA approves and monitors all state plans. The state plans must be at least as effective as Federal OSHA requirements.

Federal OSHA has no jurisdiction over State, municipal, or volunteer fire departments.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act, and therefore the OSHA Recordkeeping Regulation, apply only within the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States as defined in Section 4(a) of the Act.

When immediate death or serious harm is likely, an imminent danger inspection takes place.

Section 18 of the OSH Act encourages states to develop and operate their own job safety and health programs and precludes state enforcement of OSHA standards unless the state has an OSHA-approved State Plan. OSHA approves and monitors all State Plans and provides as much as 50 percent of the funding for each program.

The Virgin Islands State Plan covers all state and local government workers in the state. It does not cover federal government workers. Federal government workers, including those employed by the United States Postal Service and civilian workers on military bases, are covered by OSHA.

Those not covered by the OSH Act include: self-employed workers, immediate family members of farm employers, and workers whose hazards are regulated by another federal agency (for example, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Energy, Federal Aviation Administration, or Coast Guard).

All employers must notify OSHA within 8 hours of a workplace fatality or within 24 hours of any work-related inpatient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. Employers under federal OSHA's jurisdiction were required to begin reporting by Jan.

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Virgin Islands Notice of Unsafe or Unhealthful Condition