Hawaii State Plan No Longer Covering Military Installations
OSHA has approved a change to Hawaii’s occupational safety and health state plan to exclude coverage of private sector employers and employees at all military installations. The state of Hawaii, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, requested in a November 15, 2010 memorandum which was reiterated in a February 22, 2011, letter from the Governor, that jurisdiction be relinquished to federal OSHA for conducting safety and health inspections of private sector employers within the borders of all military installations in Hawaii. Accordingly, OSHA amended its regulations to reflect this change in the level of federal enforcement. The effective date was October 12, 2011. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-10-12/html/2011-26263.htm