Who OSHA Covers

OSHA covers the following employers and workers:

• Private sector employers and workers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions
• Some public sector employers and workers in all 50 U.S. states
• Some public sector employers and workers in "jurisdictions under federal authority." This includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, among others.

OSHA does not cover the following employers, employees, and workplaces:

• Self-employed workers
• Farms employing solely the immediate family
• Workplaces where "other federal agencies, operating under the authority of other federal laws, regulate worker safety." This includes most workplaces concerning mining, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons manufacture, and many portions of the transportation industries.
• Employees of state and local governments (unless they work in one of the states that has an OSHA-approved State Plan)

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