Kapolei, HI

Hawaii operates its own OSHA-approved State Plan covering private-sector workplaces, so most enforcement in Kapolei, HI is state-run. The federal OSHA records on this page cover only workplaces under federal jurisdiction — they are not a complete picture of workplace safety in the city.

Employers with the most severe injuries in Kapolei

Example incidents

• MARISCO LIMITED KAPOLEI, HAWAII · 2023-09-20 · Exposure to environmental heat

  An employee was in the dry dock working on a cement barge. While using an oxy-acetylene torch for gas cutting the employee began to suffer cramping due to heat exposure and dehydration. The employee was hospitalized.

• MARISCO LIMITED KAPOLEI, HAWAII · 2023-04-26 · Contact with hot objects or substances

  A welder was using an oxy-acetylene torch in a dry dock for a ship repair and sustained burns to the hand.

• Aloha Marine Lines, Inc. KAPOLEI, HAWAII · 2022-09-28 · Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.

  An employee was removing 4-inch by 12-inch wooden tire chocks from a meat processor modular unit. A tire chock was thrown into an electric cart and landed on the gas pedal. The cart struck the employee and pinned him against the bottom frame of the modular unit. The employee was hospitalized for fractures of the ribs, shoulder, and vertebrae as well as a punctured lung.

• SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC KAPOLEI, HAWAII · 2021-12-07 · Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified

  An employee was climbing down a maintenance stand to reposition the stand's foot-activated wheel lock. The employee reached down with their left hand to pull up the wheel lock; the lock disengaged and crushed the employee's index finger between the mechanical brake mechanism and the limit setting bolt.

• Navy Exchange KAPOLEI, HAWAII · 2019-06-08 · Contact with cold objects or substances

  An employee was filling a propane cylinder when the hose came loose from the cylinder. Propane sprayed on the employee's thighs, causing first degree burns.

• McCabe, Hamilton & Renny Co., Ltd. KAPOLEI, HAWAII · 2018-02-27 · Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle

  An employee was using a loader to unload coal from a vessel when the loader bucket contacted the bucket system moving the coal out of the vessel. The bucket system then lifted the loader, throwing the employee to the deck of the vessel. The employee suffered shoulder and head injuries, requiring hospitalization. A seat belt was not worn at the time of the incident.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.