Fact Sheets
Disclaimer
This Compliance Assistance product is not a standard or regulation, and it creates no new legal obligations. The Compliance Assistance product is advisory in nature, informational in content, and is intended to assist employers in providing a safe and healthful workplace.
The §396 Hawaii Revised Statutes (Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Law) requires employers to comply with safety and health standards promulgated by OSHA or by an OSHA-approved State Plan.
The HIOSH General Duty Clause, §12-60-2(a)(3), HAR and §12-110-2(a)(3), HAR requires employers to generally provide employees with workplaces free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
The documents do not have the force and effect of law and is not meant to bind the public in any way. The document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies. It does not create (or diminish) legal obligations under the Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Law.
Information on a topic in a short format. Fact Sheets are typically PDF documents that can be printed for handouts, sent electronically or embedded on websites.
HIOSH Cooperative Programs
- Alliance Program (PDF)
- Compliance Assistance (PDF)
- Hawaii Voluntary Protection Program (PDF)
- Strategic Partnership Program (PDF)
HIOSH Enforcement Branch
- Inspection (PDF)
- Recordkeeping Rule: Required vs Exempt (PDF)
- Recordkeeping: Workers Need to Know (PDF)
- Employer Must Provide and Pay PPE (PDF)
- Discrimination (PDF)