South Carolina has an official “State Plan” administered by the South Carolina Occupational (SC OSHA) under the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.
In addition, SC OSHA encompasses private sector and state and local government workplaces in the state except for:
- Maritime employment, including shipyard employment, marine terminals, and longshoring;
- Contract workers and contractor-operated facilities engaged in United States Postal Service (USPS) mail operations;
- Employment on military bases;
- Private sector employment at Area D of the Savannah River Site (power generation and transmission facilities operated by South Carolina Electric and Gas) and at the Three Rivers Solid Waste Authority;
- The enforcement of the field sanitation standard (29 CFR 1928.110) and the temporary labor camps standard (29 CFR 1910.142) concerning any agricultural establishment where workers are engaged in “agricultural employment” within the meaning of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29 USC. 1802(3) – regardless of the number of workers – including workers engaged in hand packing of produce into containers, whether done on the ground, on a moving machine, or in a temporary packing shed. South Carolina retains enforcement responsibility over agricultural temporary labor camps for workers engaged in egg, poultry, or red meat production or the post-harvest processing of agricultural or horticultural commodities;
- All working conditions of aircraft cabin crew members onboard aircraft in operation; and
- Any hazard, industry, geographical area, operation, or facility over which SC OSHA cannot effectively exercise jurisdiction for reasons unrelated to the plan’s required performance or structure.
