The Commonwealth of Kentucky operates a State OSHA program (the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health [OSH] Program), and therefore regulates OSHA training for most workers in Bowling Green KY. The Kentucky OSH Program was initially approved in 1973 and granted final state plan approval June 13, 1985. Kentucky was the first state plan approved under the revised Federal benchmarks.

KY OSHA Training Regulations and Standards

Kentucky’s OSH regulations are promulgated by means of Kentucky Administrative Regulations. They consist of state-specific regulations unique to Kentucky, OSHA regulations incorporated with state-specific provisions, and OSHA regulations incorporated without change.

In general industry, Kentucky has state specific requirements regarding:

• Batteries
• Electrical Testing
• Safety Belts, Lanyards, and Life Lines
• Off Highway Motor Vehicles and Equipment
• Rollover Protective Structures and Overhead Equipment
• Fire Apparatus and Fire Department Facilities
• Refuse Collection and Compaction Equipment
• Receiving and Unloading Bulk Hazardous Liquids
• Employers Responsibilities Where Employees are Exposed to Toxic Substances
• Reporting Amputations or In Patient Hospitalizations
• Guarding Floor and Wall Openings
• Occupational Noise
• Flammable and Combustible Liquids
• Control of Hazardous Energy
• Medical Services and First Aid
• Powered Industrial Trucks
• Mechanical Power Presses
• Selection and Use of Work Practices (electrical)
• 4,4-Methulene bis (2-Chloroaniline)
• Laboratory Activities
• Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records
• Bloodborne Pathogens

Kentucky has state specific construction requirements regarding:

• Safety and Testing of Supply Lines in Excess of 600 Volts
• Refuse Collection and Compaction Equipment
• Receiving and Unloading Bulk Hazardous Liquids
• Employers Responsibilities Where Employees are Exposed to Toxic Substances
• Reporting Amputations or In Patient Hospitalizations
• Confined Space Entry
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Fall Protection
• Material Hoists, Personnel Hoists, and Elevators
• Steel Erection
• Blasting and Use of Explosives
• Power Transmission and Distribution

These regulations are available on the KY OSH website.  Links to see federal OSHA training requirements for construction and general industry are available below on this page.

Jurisdiction

The Kentucky OSH Program exercises jurisdiction over all private and public sector employers and employees within the State except private sector maritime activities, Tennessee Valley Authority facilities, military personnel, U.S. Postal Service employees, employees working at properties ceded to the U.S. government, employees of the federal government, and issues of field sanitation and temporary labor camps in agriculture, except for agricultural temporary labor camps associated with egg, poultry or red meat production, or the post harvest processing of agricultural or horticultural commodities.

Kentucky OSHA Information

The Division of of Occupational Safety and Health is responsible for the enforcement of Kentucky’s OSH standards.

The OSHA National Emergency Hotline telephone number is 1-800-321-OSHA.