Occupational Safety and Health Resource Locator

Twenty-four (24) states are covered entirely by the federal OSHA program.

n 1972, the Kentucky General Assembly adopted KRS Chapter 338, which established the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Program. Its mission is to prevent any detriment to the safety and health of all employees, both public and private, arising out of exposure to harmful conditions and practices at places of work. Kentucky OSH Division of Compliance's main objective is to ensure a safe and healthful workplace for the working men and women of the Commonwealth, by enforcing Kentucky's occupational safety and health standards, rules and regulations. The division's safety staff and industrial hygiene staff conduct general scheduled inspections, investigate accidents as well as employee complaints. The OSH Division of Education and Training's mission is also to assure, as far as possible, every worker in the Commonwealth safe and healthful working conditions. This division pursues its objectives through offering employers and employees voluntary compliance assistance in the form of cost-free services such as on-site safety and health consultative surveys, training, technical assistance, publications, partnership programs, recognition programs and statistical services.

Applicable Agencies

Federal OSHA
Kentucky Labor Cabinet

Federal Regulations for Construction

• Interlinked Information on State Plan Standards and Policies/Directives. An OSHA system for displaying the State Plans' responses to Federal standards and directives issued after May 2006.
• Hospital e-Tool. Interactive, web-based training tools on occupational safety and health topics.
• OSHA Assistance for the Residential Construction Industry. This page is maintained as a product of the Alliance between OSHA and National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
• National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF) OSHA Alliance. OSHA and NASF will work together to provide NASF members and others in the metal surface finishing industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help protect employees' health and safety.
• Inspection Procedures for the Chromium (VI) Standards (Directive number: CPL 02-02-074). The purpose of this Instruction is to provide guidelines and establish uniform inspection and compliance procedures for the occupational exposure standards for hexavalent chromium published in the Federal Register, February 28, 2006, and effective May 30, 2006. Field Operations Manual (January 2009). State status of adoption.