(a) As used in this act:

(i) 'Commission' means the occupational health and safety commission;

(ii) 'Department' means the department of workforce services of the state of Wyoming;

(iii) 'Employee' means a person permitted to work by an employer in employment;

(iv) 'Employer' means any individual or organization including the state and all its political subdivisions, which has in its employ one (1) or more individuals performing services for it in employment;

(v) 'Employment' means all services for pay under a contract of hire;

(vi) 'Party' means each person or agency named or admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party;

(vii) 'Person' means an individual, governmental agency, partnership, association, corporation, business, trust, receiver, trustee, legal representative or successor to any of the foregoing;

(viii) 'Place of employment' means plant, premises, or any other place where directed by the employer or about which an employee is permitted to work;

(ix) 'This act' means W.S. 27-11-101 through 27-11-114.