{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-18.60.105","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 18.60.105","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, in AS 18.60.010 — 18.60.105,\n(1) “be exposed” means to ingest, inhale, or absorb through the skin or eyes a substance or physical agent, or fumes or other potentially harmful aspect of a substance or physical agent;\n(2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of labor and workforce development;\n(3) “department” means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;\n(4) “employee” means a person who works for an employer;\n(5) “employer” means a person, including the state and political subdivisions of the state, who has one or more employees;\n(6) “OSHA” means the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration;\n(7) “physical agent” means a physical agent that exceeds the threshold established in the 1986-1987 edition of “Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents in the Work Environment” published by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists;\n(8) “suitable protective equipment” includes such personal protective equipment as is required by regulation issued under this chapter;\n(9) “toxic or hazardous substance”\n(A) includes\n(i) a chemical listed in 29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Subpart Z, Toxic and Hazardous Substances, “General Industry Standards”, Occupational Safety and Health Administration;\n(ii) a chemical listed in “Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents in the Work Environment”, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (Latest Edition);\n(iii) a substance for which an OSHA form 20 or equivalent information is required under OSHA regulations; and\n(iv) a substance determined by the department, in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), to be a health hazard to an employee who is exposed to the substance, including a carcinogen, reproductive toxin, irritant, corrosive, sensitizer, hepatotoxin, nephrotoxin, neurotoxin, agent that acts on the hematopoietic system, agent that damages the lungs, a cutaneous hazard, and an eye hazard;\n(B) does not include\n(i) substances that because of their physical state, volume, or concentration do not pose a health hazard upon exposure;\n(ii) substances that are goods, food, drugs, cosmetics, or tobacco products intended for personal consumption; or\n(iii) substances in transit;\n(10) “transit” means conveyed in a sealed or unopened container by a mode of transportation.\n(b) In AS 18.60.030(14), 18.60.065 — 18.60.068, and (a)(9) of this section,\n(1) “employee” means a person who works for an employer, but not in a place used primarily as a personal residence;\n(2) “employer” means a person, including the state and a political subdivision of the state, who has one or more employees working in a place not used primarily as a personal residence;\n(3) “health hazard” means a substance or physical agent capable of causing acute or chronic adverse effects to health;\n(4) “workplace” means a place of employment other than a place used primarily as a personal residence.","path":["Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.","Chapter 60. Safety."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#18.60.105","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:20Z","sha256":"5c08e28511cb2d52cf445d1ce7317f51e8fe810835b35c9ee93c12b108b2a452","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-18.60.100","next":"us-ak/as-18.60.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}