(1) “Administrator” means the chief administrative officer of the division of occupational safety and health of the department of labor and workforce development. For the purposes of all sections of this chapter other than §§ 50-3-902 and 50-3-903, “administrator” includes any person appointed, designated or deputized to perform any duties under this chapter or to exercise the powers assigned to the administrator of the division of occupational safety and health under this chapter;

(2) “Commission” means the occupational safety and health review commission established pursuant to § 50-3-801;

(3) “Commissioner” or “commissioner of labor and workforce development” means the chief executive officer of the department of labor and workforce development. For the purposes of all sections of this chapter other than §§ 50-3-902 and 50-3-903, it includes any person appointed, designated or deputized to perform the duties or to exercise the powers assigned to the commissioner of labor and workforce development under this chapter, but does not include the person appointed as administrator;

(4) “Committee” means the occupational safety and health advisory committee established pursuant to § 50-3-204;

(5) “Department” means the department of labor and workforce development;

(6) “Division” or “division of occupational safety and health” means the division of occupational safety and health of the department;

(7) “Employee” means any person performing services for another under a contract of hire, including minors, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, persons in executive positions, and shall include county, metropolitan and municipal government employees;

(8) “Employer” means a person engaged in a business who has one (1) or more employees and includes county, metropolitan and municipal governments;

(9) “Federal standard” means a standard adopted by a rule promulgated under § 6 of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, codified as 29 U.S.C. § 655;

(10) “Issue” means a category of like industrial, occupational or hazard groupings that affects the safety and health of employment or place of employment and is suggested by the groupings in the Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, chapter XVII, part 1910;

(11) “Person” means one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons; and

(12) “Standard” means an occupational safety and health standard promulgated by the commissioner that requires conditions or the adoption or the use of one (1) or more practices, means, methods, operations or processes reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe and healthful employment and places of employment.