{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-402","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-402","heading":"Occupational health and safety - Definitions","body":"As used in the Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards\n\nAct:\n\n1. \"Employer\" means the state and all its political\n\nsubdivisions which has in its employ one or more individuals\n\nperforming services for it in employment; and\n\n2. \"Employee\" means a person permitted to work by an employer\n\nin employment; and\n\n3. \"Place of employment\" means the plant or premises in or\n\nabout which an employee is permitted to work; and\n\n4. \"Department\" means the Oklahoma Department of Labor; and\n\n5. \"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Labor; and\n\n6. \"Division\" means the Health and Safety Education and\n\nTraining Division; and\n\n7. \"Standard\" has the same meaning as, and includes, the words\n\n\"regulation\", \"code\", and \"rule\"; and\n\n8. \"National consensus standards\" means any occupational safety\n\nor health standard adopted under a consensus method by a nationally\n\nrecognized standards-producing organization; and\n\n9. \"Employment\" includes all services for pay pursuant to a\n\ncontract of hire except service in agricultural employment.","path":["OK Code","Title 40"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os40.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e176a3241f5f602d6a904177d3276be957f13440a1aef0d399bfdb1a894819e4","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-401","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-403"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}