{"id":"DUT-HI-006","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Hawaii","state":"HI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division (HIOSH)","authority":"HRS § 396-4 (Auth and Imp notes to HAR § 12-60-2)","instrument":"Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 12, Subtitle 8, Part 2, chapter 60 (General Safety and Health Requirements), § 12-60-2 (Safety and health programs)","title":"General Safety and Health Requirements; Safety and health programs","dateIssued":"2018-10-27","effective":"standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"2018-10-27","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (\u0027all employers with employees doing business in the State,\u0027 § 12-60-2(a)); the written-program requirement of § 12-60-2(b)(1) applies to employers of ten or more employees"],"clause":"Every employer shall comply with the state laws, standards, and rules regarding a safe place of employment and safe practices, and shall do everything reasonable and necessary to protect the life, safety, and health of the employees.... The employer shall eliminate or control all existing and potential hazards within the workplace in a timely manner","enforcement":"civil penalties under HRS § 396-10 (Ex. DUT-HI-005)","functions":[],"notes":"Every employer doing business in the State was bound to do \u0027everything reasonable and necessary to protect the life, safety, and health of the employees,\u0027 to provide safe workplaces \u0027by elimination or reduction of existing or potential hazards\u0027 through engineering controls, administrative controls, isolation or guarding and, where those were inadequate, personal protective equipment, and (for employers of ten or more) to \u0027institute and maintain an effective safety and health program to identify, evaluate, and control workplace hazards.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://labor.hawaii.gov/hiosh/files/2019/02/12-60-General-Safety-Health-Requirements-02012019.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":273882,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-HI","url":"/library/DUT-HI-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-HI-006","citation":"Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division (HIOSH), Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 12, Subtitle 8, Part 2, chapter 60 (General Safety and Health Requirements), § 12-60-2 (Safety and health programs) (standing) (Ex. DUT-HI-006)","stateName":"Hawaii","related":["DUT-HI-005"]}