Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 34A > Chapter 6 > Part 2 - Duties and Standards

• Administrator: means the director of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Commission: means the Labor Commission. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Commission: means the Outdoor Adventure Commission. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Division: means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Division: means the Division of Outdoor Recreation. See Utah Code 73-18-2
• Employee: includes any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer. See Utah Code 34A-6-103
• Employer: means :

  (i)	the state;

  (ii)	a county, city, town, and school district in the state; and

  (iii)

  a person, including a public utility, having one or more workers or operatives regularly employed in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, under any contract of hire. See Utah Code 34A-6-103 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Hearing: means a proceeding conducted by the commission. See Utah Code 34A-6-103 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Motorboat: means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion. See Utah Code 73-18-2 National consensus standard: means any occupational safety and health standard or modification: (i)  adopted by a nationally recognized standards-producing organization under procedures where it can be determined by the administrator and division that persons interested and affected by the standard have reached substantial agreement on its adoption; (ii)  formulated in a manner which affords an opportunity for diverse views to be considered; and (iii)  designated as such a standard by the secretary of the United States Department of Labor. See Utah Code 34A-6-103 Operator: means the person who is in control of a vessel while it is in use. See Utah Code 73-18-2 Owner: includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a vessel subject to an interest by another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation. See Utah Code 73-18-2 Person: means the general public, one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, receivers, and the state and its political subdivisions. See Utah Code 34A-6-103 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Publish: means publication in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. See Utah Code 34A-6-103 Secretary: means the secretary of the United States Department of Labor. See Utah Code 34A-6-103 Standard: means an occupational health and safety standard or group of standards which requires conditions, or the adoption or use of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes, reasonably necessary to provide safety and healthful employment and places of employment. See Utah Code 34A-6-103 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Variance: means a special, limited modification or change in the code or standard applicable to the particular establishment of the employer or person petitioning for the modification or change. See Utah Code 34A-6-103 Vessel: means every type of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Utah Code 73-18-2 Workplace: means any place of employment. See Utah Code 34A-6-103