29 CFR §2200.1
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As used in this part:
- (a)Act means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. 651-678.
- (b)Commission, person, employer, and employee have the meanings set forth in section 3 of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 652.
- (c)Secretary means the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary's duly authorized representative.
- (d)Executive Secretary means the Executive Secretary of the Commission.
- (e)Affected employee means an employee of a cited employer who is exposed to or has access to the hazard arising out of the allegedly violative circumstances, conditions, practices, or operations.
- (f)Judge means an Administrative Law Judge appointed pursuant to section 12(e) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 661(e), as amended by Public Law 95-251, 92 Stat. 183, 184 (1978).
- (g)Authorized employee representative means a labor organization that has a collective bargaining relationship with the cited employer and that represents affected employees who are members of the collective bargaining unit.
- (h)Representative means any person, including an authorized employee representative, authorized by a party or intervenor to represent it in a proceeding.
- (i)Citation means a written communication issued by the Secretary to an employer pursuant to section 9(a) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 658(a).
- (j)Notification of proposed penalty means a written communication issued by the Secretary to an employer pursuant to section 10(a) or (b) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 659(a) or (b).
- (k)Day means a calendar day.
- (l)Working day means all days except Saturdays, Sundays, or Federal holidays.
- (m)Proceeding means any proceeding before the Commission or before a Judge.
- (n)Pleadings are complaints and answers filed under § 2200.34, statements of reasons and employers' responses filed under § 2200.38, and petitions for modification of abatement and objecting parties' responses filed under § 2200.37. A motion is not a pleading within the meaning of these rules.