Section 1-1 - Purpose and Scope (a) It shall be the purpose and scope of these Rules of Practice and Procedure to provide assurance that insofar as possible every working person within this State shall have safe and healthful working conditions free from recognized hazards: - (i) By providing the authority necessary to administer a complete occupational health and safety program.
- (ii) By providing for the promulgation of health and safety rules, regulations and standards as necessary to protect businesses and occupations from accident or illness due to unsafe and/or unhealthy industrial environments.
- (iii) By providing the means to grant variances to rules, regulations and standards promulgated, except that no variance may be granted to the Act, these Rules of Practice and Procedure and the Federal Recordkeeping Requirements.
- (iv) By providing for the administration and enforcement of all rules, regulations and standards promulgated under the provisions of the State of Wyoming Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- (v) By providing the necessary Rules of Practice and Procedure for the Right of Entry and Inspection.
- (vi) By enforcing the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Recordkeeping Requirements as well as those of the State.
- (vii) By providing technical assistance and research in the field of occupational health and safety for the benefit and protection of employers and employees through voluntary compliance with rules, regulations and standards promulgated by the State.
- (viii) By providing for an occupational health program.
(b) It shall also be the purpose and scope of these rules to further provide the assurance that information collected, stored and disseminated about persons is consistent with the Wyoming Public Records Act, W.S. § 16-4-201, while safeguarding the interests of the persons and allowing the State to exercise its proper powers.
Amended, Eff. 12/12/2017.