ALOHA STADIUM

According to U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, ALOHA STADIUM — a sports and recreation instruction facility located at 99-500 SALT LAKE BLVD, AIEA, HI 96701 — was the subject of a formal OSHA inspection that resulted in 17 citation(s) and cumulative proposed penalties of $30,550.00. The inspection case was opened on 2017-05-16.

The volume of citations issued during this inspection suggests systematic compliance deficiencies rather than isolated incidents. Facilities with 10 or more citations typically face comprehensive abatement requirements and may be subject to follow-up inspections.

BLS Injury Data: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022), this industry sector has an occupational injury rate of 2.3 per 100 full-time workers — near the national average of 2.7. The sector fatality rate is 0.7 per 100,000 workers.

Industry Benchmark: The total penalty of $30,550.00 is more than 16.7× the national average of $1,831.95 for facilities in the Education sector (NAICS 611620). This sector encompasses 10,394 inspected facilities nationwide with aggregate penalties totaling $19.0M.

State Context: Within HI, this facility's penalty places it at the 100th percentile among 20,956 inspected facilities. The statewide average penalty is $1,502.81.

Citation Analysis: The inspection produced 17 citations spanning 10 distinct OSHA regulatory standards. The citation breakdown includes: 13 serious — A workplace hazard that could cause death or serious physical harm exists, and the employer knew or should have known about the condition. 2 other-than-serious — The violation has a direct relationship to job safety and health but is unlikely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Enforcement Timeline: Citations were issued beginning July 5, 2017 with the latest abatement deadline set for August 31, 2017. Of the 17 total citations, 0 (0%) have been marked as abated in DOL records, which may indicate ongoing compliance gaps requiring further regulatory attention.

Penalty Assessment: The cumulative penalty of $30,550.00 reflects OSHA's gravity-based penalty calculation methodology, which considers the severity of potential injury, the probability of occurrence, the employer's size, good faith, and violation history. The per-citation average of $1,797.06 falls within the standard penalty range.

The 2017 inspection of Aloha Stadium revealed a pervasive pattern of serious safety deficiencies that extended far beyond isolated clerical errors, signaling a systemic failure in the facility’s proactive maintenance and safety management programs. With seventeen total citations and a penalty total exceeding $30,000—a figure notably high for a facility categorized under sports and recreation instruction—the enforcement record underscores significant physical hazards. The concentration of violations within the 1910.212, .213, and .215 standards indicates a critical lack of machine guarding and abrasive wheel safety, exposing workers to catastrophic amputation and projectile risks. Furthermore, the dual citations regarding powered industrial trucks (1910.178) suggest that the facility failed to maintain equipment in safe operating condition, effectively allowing known mechanical defects to persist in active work zones. The inclusion of violations for emergency eyewash stations (1910.151) and compressed gas handling (1910.253) further illustrates a breakdown in basic industrial hygiene and hazardous material protocols. Collectively, these citations demonstrate that the employer neglected fundamental "low-hanging fruit" compliance measures, creating a workplace where mechanical, electrical, and chemical hazards existed concurrently. For an organization of this scale, the breadth of these serious violations suggests that safety oversight was reactive rather than integrated into the facility's operational culture, necessitating a comprehensive overhaul of their safety training and internal audit procedures to mitigate future liability and worker injury.