---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1952.29"
title: "29"
number: "1952.29"
heading: "Massachusetts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1952.29"
---

# §1952.29. Massachusetts.

- (a) The Massachusetts State Plan for State and local Government employees received initial approval from the Assistant Secretary on August 18, 2022.
- (b) The Plan further provides assurances of a fully trained, adequate staff within three years of plan approval, including 8 safety and 3 health compliance officers for enforcement inspections, and 2 safety and 1 health consultants to perform consultation services in the public sector. The State has assured that it will continue to provide a sufficient number of adequately trained and qualified personnel necessary for the enforcement of standards as required by [29 CFR 1956.10](/cfr/29/1956.10.md). The State has also given satisfactory assurance of adequate funding to support the Plan.
- (c) **The plan only covers State and local government employers and employees within the State.** For additional details about the plan, please visit https://www.osha.gov/dcsp/osp/stateprogs/massachusetts.html.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 50775, Aug. 18, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 18, 84 Stat. 1608 (29 U.S.C. 667); 29 CFR part 1902; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393, Sept. 18, 2020), as applicable.

### Amendments

[87 FR 50775, Aug. 18, 2022]