Utah has an official “State Plan,” executed by the Utah Division of Occupational Safety and Health (UOSH) under Utah’s Labor Commission.
In addition, not only does it cover state and local government employees, but the state plan also encompasses most private sector workplaces except for:
- Maritime employment, including shipyard employment, marine terminals, and longshoring;
- Contract workers and contractor-operated facilities engaged in United States Postal Service (USPS) mail operations;
- Employment on Hill Air Force Base;
- Employment at the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserve to the extent that it remains a U.S. DOE facility;
- Employment at the Tooele Army Depot, which includes the Tooele Chemical Demilitarization Facility;
- The enforcement of the field sanitation standard, 29 CFR 1928.110, and the enforcement of the temporary labor camps standard, 29 CFR 1910.142, concerning any agricultural establishment where workers are engaged in “agricultural employment” – within the meaning of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. 1802(3) – regardless of the number of workers.
- All working conditions of aircraft cabin crewmembers onboard aircraft in operation.
State Plan Standards
While UOSH adopts most federal standards, it occasionally adds new criteria to those standards. These supplements are included in Title R614 of the Utah Administrative Code, and more details are available on the Utah State Plan website. In the following categories, Utah has exceptional standards:
General Industry
- Rail Tracks
- Elevators, Escalators, Aerial Trams, Manlifts, Workers’ Hoists
- Flammable and Other Hazardous Liquids
- Explosives and Blasting Agents
- Processes and Equipment Involving the Use of Filters
- Flammable Solids
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Lockouts and Tagging
- Emergency Response
- Crawler Locomotive and Truck Cranes
- Conveyors
- Centrifuges
- Window Cleaning
- Foundries
- House and Building Moving
- Meat, Food, and Tobacco Processing and Packing
- Drilling Industries (Other than Oil and Gas)
- Motor Vehicle Transportation of Workers
- Worker Intoxication
- Oil and Gas Drilling, Servicing, and Production
Construction
- Grizzlies Over Chutes, Bins, and Tank Openings
- Cranes and Derricks
- Roofing Operations
- Asphalt Mixing and Rock Crushing Operations
Agriculture
- Slow-Moving Vehicles
- Roll-Over Protective Structures (ROPS) for Agricultural Tractors
- Guarding of Farm Field Equipment, Farmstead Equipment
- Field Sanitation
- Walking-Working Surfaces
- Flammable and Other Hazardous Liquids; Combustible Substances
- Personal Protective and Lifesaving Equipment
- Labor Camp Sanitation
- Confined Space Entry
- Medical Services and First Aid
- Electrical Hazards
- Toxic Substances
- Pesticides
