OSHA recently certified New Jersey’s state plan for protecting the safety and health of state and local government workers. The New Jersey Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health State Plan covers more than 530,000 state and local government workers. The New Jersey state plan was initially approved in January of 2001, and certification became effective on January 22, 2016.
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Certification documents the satisfactory completion of all structural and developmental aspects of New Jersey’s approved state plan. This certification attests to the fact that New Jersey now has in place all those structural components necessary for a state plan covering state and local government workers.