Construction site safety program: what it takes to do it right

Last updated 2026-07-09

What is a construction site safety program and does OSHA require one?

A construction site safety program is a written system that names who owns safety on the job, spells out the hazards, sets how workers get trained, and says what happens when something goes wrong. It is not a single form. It is a set of written policies tied to specific OSHA standards under 29 CFR 1926.

OSHA has no rule that says "you must have a safety program." What it has is dozens of standards inside 29 CFR 1926 that each require written plans, documented training, or named competent persons for specific hazards. 29 CFR 1926.20 is the general safety and health provision for construction, and it requires that employers "initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part." OSHA has used that language to cite contractors who ran no formal safety structure at all ^[1].

So no single sentence in the Code of Federal Regulations says "write a safety program." Practically, if you don't have one, you've already violated several sub-standards every time OSHA walks onto your site.

Size matters, but less than you'd hope. Contractors with 10 or fewer employees are partially exempt from OSHA's injury and illness recordkeeping under 29 CFR 1904.1, but they are not exempt from the safety standards themselves ^[2]. A two-person framing crew still needs fall protection. A four-person electrical sub still needs a lockout/tagout procedure.

What are the Fatal Four and why do they dominate every construction safety plan?

The Fatal Four is OSHA's name for the four hazard groups that kill most construction workers. In 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 1,069 fatal occupational injuries in construction. Falls alone caused 395 of them, roughly 37 percent of the total ^[3].

Here is the breakdown.

Hazard	2022 Construction Fatalities	% of Total
Falls	395	~37%
Struck-by objects	162	~15%
Electrocution	52	~5%
Caught-in/between	23	~2%
All other causes	~437	~41%

Source: BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 2022 ^[3]

Those four groups add up to roughly 59 percent of construction deaths. That is why OSHA's National Emphasis Program aims inspections at exactly these hazards. If your written program does nothing else, it has to address all four head-on.

Falls fall under 29 CFR 1926 Subpart M, which triggers fall protection at six feet above a lower level for most construction work. Struck-by hazards land in Subpart G (signs and signals) plus tool and equipment controls. Electrical safety sits in Subpart K, and Subpart V covers power line work. Caught-in hazards spread across excavation rules in Subpart P and equipment guarding in Subpart O.

The subparts matter because your written program has to point to the exact standard it satisfies. "Be careful around power lines" is not a program. A written energized-work policy that cites Subpart K, names your competent person, and carries a training log is a program.

What written plans does OSHA specifically require for construction?

This is where most small contractors trip. They assume a generic safety manual covers everything. It doesn't. The 29 CFR 1926 standards demand specific written plans for specific hazards, and some of those plans have to be site-specific, not generic company boilerplate.

Here are the written plans most contractors need.

Hazard Communication Program (29 CFR 1926.59 / 1910.1200): Required if workers could be exposed to hazardous chemicals. Covers a written program, Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for every chemical on site, and a labeled container system ^[13]. See our article on hazardous communication for the full breakdown.

Fall Protection Plan (29 CFR 1926.502(k)): Required when conventional fall protection (guardrails, safety nets, personal fall arrest) is infeasible. The plan must be site-specific, developed by a qualified person, and updated as conditions change. Safety nets count as a valid fall arrest system under Subpart M; see our guide on safety net programs.

Excavation and Trenching Plan (29 CFR 1926 Subpart P): A written plan is required for any excavation five feet deep or more, and for any excavation of any depth where a hazard exists. A competent person classifies soil and inspects daily.

Respiratory Protection Program (29 CFR 1910.134): Required any time respirators are used, even voluntarily. Covers medical evaluations, fit testing, and written procedures.

Lockout/Tagout Procedures (29 CFR 1910.147, pulled into construction through 1926.417): Written equipment-specific procedures for every machine with hazardous energy. A blanket "de-energize before working" statement does not satisfy this standard.

Emergency Action Plan (29 CFR 1926.35): Required for construction sites. Includes evacuation routes, assembly points, named employees, and an alarm system that fits the site.

Scaffold Safety (29 CFR 1926 Subpart L): Requires a competent person for erection and inspection. No standalone written plan, but auditors expect documentation of the competent person and inspection records.

That is seven separate written documents before you touch training records, the incident log, or equipment checklists. Figuring out which ones your scope actually triggers takes a few hours of honest review. That is where a tool like SafetyFolio's safety program generator earns its keep: it asks about your work type and produces the documents you need instead of a 200-page binder full of chemical plant standards you'll never use.

For the bigger picture of what a health and safety program should contain across any industry, see our reference piece on what a safety and health program should be.

Who has to be your competent person and what does that title actually mean?

The phrase "competent person" appears over 100 times in 29 CFR 1926. OSHA defines it at 29 CFR 1926.32(f) as "one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them."

That is the verbatim text from the standard ^[1]. Two words inside it get missed. "Predictable" means the competent person owns hazards that haven't happened yet, not only the obvious ones. "Authorization to take prompt corrective measures" means someone who can spot a hazard but can't stop the work is not, legally, a competent person.

Most construction hazards attach their own training to the role. Fall protection, excavation, scaffolding, and confined space each carry separate competency requirements. Some demand a third-party credential. A scaffold erector needs competency training from an accredited trainer. An excavation competent person has to understand soil classification, which is a testable skill.

Some hazards go further and require a "qualified person," which OSHA defines at 29 CFR 1926.32(l) as someone with a recognized degree or professional knowledge. Structural steel erection under Subpart R needs a qualified person for certain calculations. You can't turn your foreman into a qualified person in an afternoon.

For a small contractor, the practical move is simple. Name one or two people as competent persons per hazard category, put them through accredited training for each role, and keep the training records. List them by name in your written plans. When an inspector asks who your competent person for excavations is, the right answer is a name, not "someone on the crew."

What training does OSHA require for construction workers?

Training rules in construction are scattered across roughly 40 sections of 29 CFR 1926, and they don't all work the same way. Some require documented training before the hazard exposure. Some require periodic refreshers. A few require third-party certified training.

Here is the training most general contractors have to provide.

• Fall protection (29 CFR 1926.503): Workers must be trained by a competent person before they work at heights, covering fall hazard recognition and the use and limits of the system in use. Keep the records.
• Scaffold training (29 CFR 1926.454): Anyone who erects, dismantles, moves, or uses scaffolds must be trained by a qualified person on the hazards specific to that scaffold type.
• Electrical safety (29 CFR 1926.950): Required for workers who face electrical hazards, covering safe work practices and the specific hazards present.
• Hazard communication (29 CFR 1926.59 / 1910.1200): Workers must be trained at hire and any time a new chemical hazard shows up, covering SDS reading and label interpretation ^[13].
• Excavation safety (29 CFR 1926.651): Workers in or near excavations must be trained on hazard recognition and the protective systems in use.
• Personal protective equipment (29 CFR 1926.95): Workers must be trained on why PPE is required, how to use it, and its limits.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30: Federal OSHA does not require these. Many state agencies, general contractors, and project owners do. New York, for example, requires OSHA 10 for all workers and OSHA 30 for supervisors on public work sites ^[4]. Check your state's rules before you assume the federal baseline is enough.

Our article on workplace safety training covers documentation practices for all of these.

The biggest training mistake small contractors make is verbal training with no record. If an inspector asks for your fall protection training documentation and you say "yeah, we show everyone how to use the harness when they start," that is a likely citation. The standard says training must be documented with the employee's name, the date, and the trainer's signature ^[5].

How do you actually write a construction safety program from scratch?

Start with your scope of work, not a template. A roofing contractor's program looks nothing like a civil grading contractor's. Start from someone else's 300-page manual and you'll burn more time deleting irrelevant sections than writing the relevant ones.

Here is a working sequence.

Step 1: List your hazard exposures. Walk your typical jobsite in your head. Height work? Excavation? Trenching? Welding? Silica dust? Confined spaces? Flammable storage? Every "yes" triggers a set of OSHA requirements.

Step 2: Map each hazard to its OSHA standard. Pull up 29 CFR 1926 on OSHA.gov and match each hazard to its subpart. Tedious, but necessary. A GC doing framing, roofing, and finish work usually touches Subparts C, E, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, Q, and X at minimum.

Step 3: Write the policy for each hazard area. Each policy covers what the hazard is, who manages it, what controls are in place (engineering controls first, then administrative, then PPE), how workers get trained, and how related incidents get investigated and reported.

Step 4: Name your competent persons. For each hazard that requires one, name the person in the written plan. If the person changes, update the plan.

Step 5: Build your training matrix. A training matrix is a plain spreadsheet: rows are job roles, columns are required topics, cells show whether the training is required, done, and when it expires. This is your compliance proof during an inspection.

Step 6: Set your inspection and audit schedule. No single standard spells out site inspections, but they're expected practice, and documented inspections are your best defense against a citation getting upgraded to "willful" after an incident.

Step 7: Write your incident investigation procedure. Any work-related injury or illness that hits OSHA's recordkeeping thresholds under 29 CFR 1904 has to be recorded. Past that, a written root-cause process, even a simple one, shows OSHA you fix problems instead of writing them off.

Done carefully, the whole thing takes one to three days for a small contractor. Want to cut that without cutting corners? SafetyFolio's program generator walks you through your hazard profile and produces a compliant written program in about 15 minutes.

What are the most common OSHA violations on construction sites?

OSHA publishes its top 10 cited standards every fiscal year, and construction runs the list. In FY2023, fall protection in construction (29 CFR 1926.501) was the most cited OSHA standard across all industries for the 13th year running, with 7,762 violations ^[6]. Scaffolding (1926.451) and ladders (1926.1053) also made the top 10.

Here are the top construction violations by citation volume for FY2023.

Standard	Description	Violations
29 CFR 1926.501	Fall protection, duty to have	7,762
29 CFR 1926.451	Scaffold general requirements	2,859
29 CFR 1926.1053	Ladders	2,143
29 CFR 1926.503	Fall protection training	1,693
29 CFR 1910.1200	Hazard communication	1,639
29 CFR 1926.502	Fall protection systems criteria	1,440
29 CFR 1926.20	General safety and health	1,015

Source: OSHA Top 10 Cited Standards, FY2023 ^[6]

Three of the top seven are fall-related. That tells you where to put your effort first. The scaffold citations at number two are worth a second look. Most of them aren't about a scaffold failing. They're about missing guardrails, bad planking, or workers with no training documentation. Those are program failures, not equipment failures.

The penalty math matters too. A serious OSHA violation in 2024 carries a maximum penalty of $16,131 per violation. Willful or repeated violations run up to $161,323 each ^[7]. A contractor cited for fall protection (serious), fall protection training (serious), and failing to keep records (other-than-serious) in one inspection can face a combined penalty in the $30,000 to $50,000 range before any informal conference reduction. A written safety program, kept current, is your most reliable defense against a willful or repeated classification.

How does OSHA inspect construction sites and what triggers a visit?

OSHA construction inspections come four ways. Programmed inspections are planned sweeps of high-hazard industries. Unprogrammed inspections follow a complaint, referral, or fatality. Follow-up inspections check that prior violations got fixed. National emphasis programs run targeted campaigns on specific hazards.

Construction stays in the programmed rotation because it's a high-hazard industry by definition. OSHA's Site-Specific Targeting program uses injury and illness data from OSHA 300A summaries to pick establishments with high Days Away, Restricted, or Transfer (DART) rates. File a 300A with bad numbers and you're more likely to make the list.

Complaints drive a big share of construction inspections. A fired employee, a neighbor who watched someone work without fall protection, or a sub who thinks the GC is cutting corners can each trigger a visit by calling 1-800-321-OSHA. Workers can file a confidential complaint, and OSHA has to respond.

Fatality-triggered inspections are mandatory. If a worker dies on your site, you must notify OSHA within eight hours under 29 CFR 1904.39, and an inspection follows ^[8]. Hospitalizations of three or more workers must be reported within 24 hours. These inspections are thorough and often produce multiple citations.

During an inspection, the compliance officer usually walks the site with a management representative and a worker representative (union or non-union), reviews your written programs, requests training records, and interviews workers privately. Workers can't be disciplined for taking part in those interviews. A good written program is not evidence against you. Its absence is evidence that your safety approach runs on habit and is hard to enforce.

Do state-plan states have different construction safety requirements?

Yes, and it catches contractors off guard when they cross state lines. Twenty-two states and two U.S. territories run OSHA-approved State Plans that cover both private and public sector workers ^[9]. Another six states run State Plans that cover only state and local government workers.

State Plans have to be "at least as effective" as federal OSHA, but they can be stricter. California's Cal/OSHA has tighter fall protection rules in several areas and requires a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) from every employer, which federal OSHA does not explicitly require. Washington State (L&I) adds requirements around silica, crane certifications, and heat illness prevention.

In a state-plan state you have to check two sets of rules: federal 29 CFR 1926 as the baseline, and your state's additions. A contractor working across Nevada, California, and Arizona runs under Cal/OSHA in California, Nevada OSHA in Nevada (a state plan), and federal OSHA in Arizona (a federal-enforcement state). Three agencies, three slightly different rulebooks.

OSHA's website keeps a current list of all state-plan states with links to each state agency ^[9]. Check it before you assume a federal-compliant program covers you.

What does a good construction safety incentive program look like?

Safety incentive programs in construction carry a complicated history. OSHA issued a memo in 2012 and updated guidance in 2018 warning against rate-based incentive programs that reward workers for low injury counts. The problem: programs tied to injury outcomes push workers to hide injuries, which corrupts your OSHA 300 log and buries real hazards ^[10].

The line OSHA draws is between rate-based and behavior-based incentives. Rewarding a crew for zero recordables this month is rate-based and problematic. Rewarding a crew for finishing weekly safety observations, reporting a near-miss, or hitting 100% PPE compliance on daily audits is behavior-based and generally fine.

For small construction companies, the practical advice is to point any incentive at leading indicators: toolbox talk participation, near-miss reports, completed inspections, and on-time corrective actions. Tie rewards to those actions, never to the absence of injuries. Put the program in writing so it's clear you aren't penalizing injury reporting.

For a deeper look at program design, see our piece on principles of effective safety incentive programs.

What does an ongoing construction safety program actually cost?

Most people ask this one quietly because they're afraid the answer is "a lot." The honest answer: it depends on your size, your scope, and whether you run safety as a system or a fire drill.

Here are the real cost components.

Program development: A safety consultant to write a custom program typically charges $3,000 to $8,000 for a small contractor, more for a GC with mixed scope. Software-based tools cost $50 to $300 to generate a program plus a few hundred dollars a year for updates. DIY costs you 10 to 20 hours if you know the standards.

Competent person training: OSHA 30-hour courses run $150 to $250 per person online, $250 to $450 in person. Scaffold competent person training through an accredited provider costs $200 to $500. Confined space competency runs $300 to $600.

OSHA 10 for workers: $30 to $80 per person online. Some states mandate it, some project owners require it. For a five-person crew, that's $150 to $400, one time.

Annual maintenance: Toolbox talks, updated training records, revised plans when your scope changes. This is mostly time. Budget two to four hours a month for a small contractor who takes it seriously.

The other side of the ledger is avoided cost. OSHA has repeated an estimate that employers save $4 to $6 for every $1 put into safety programs, though that ratio comes from mixed industry estimates, not a single rigorous study, so treat it as directional. What is better documented: the National Safety Council estimates that a work-related injury with days away from work runs employers tens of thousands of dollars per case in workers' compensation and medical costs ^[11]. One fall that puts a worker in the hospital for two weeks costs more than a decade of program maintenance.

How do you keep your safety program current as your jobs and crew change?

A written safety program that sits in a binder and never changes isn't a program. It's a paperwork artifact, and inspectors know the difference. When a compliance officer asks workers about your silica dust controls and the crew has never heard of them, the policy in your binder becomes proof the program exists on paper only, which can turn a serious citation into a willful one.

For small contractors, the fix is a handful of simple maintenance habits.

Toolbox talks, weekly. Short conversations with the crew about a single hazard. Ten minutes before work starts. Log the date, the topic, and the names of everyone there. This is your most important ongoing document because it proves safety communication happens all the time, not once at onboarding.

Job hazard analysis before each new task. A JHA breaks a task into steps, names the hazard in each step, and states the control. OSHA encourages JHAs as a method and references them in some standards. Writing one before a non-routine task takes 15 to 30 minutes and creates real-time proof you assessed the risk.

Annual program review. Pick a date, probably in the slow season, and read every section. Update competent person names, revise procedures that changed, fold in any new standards OSHA finalized during the year.

New hire orientation checklist. Every new employee and every subcontractor working under your control should receive and sign your site safety rules before starting work. Keep the signed form. A signed acknowledgment doesn't move OSHA liability off you (the employer always owns compliance), but it shows you communicated the rules.

Subcontractor management is a gray area worth naming out loud. General contractors can be cited for a sub's violations on their sites under OSHA's multi-employer worksite policy. If you're the GC and a sub is working without fall protection, you can be cited even though those workers aren't your employees, as long as you had the ability to correct or control the hazard ^[1]. Your program should include a process for verifying sub compliance, including requiring subs to hand over their own written safety programs before they start.

Frequently asked questions

Is a written construction safety program required by OSHA?

Not as a single document, but 29 CFR 1926.20 requires employers to initiate and maintain safety programs sufficient to comply with all applicable construction standards. Since those standards each require written plans, training records, and named competent persons, the practical answer is yes. Operating without one leaves you exposed to citations across multiple standards in a single inspection.

How long does it take to write a construction safety program?

For a small specialty contractor with a defined scope, a solid first draft takes one to three days if you work from the right template and know your hazard exposure. A GC with several trade scopes may spend a week. A structured software tool cuts this to a few hours. The bigger time investment is annual maintenance and training documentation, not the initial writing.

What is the minimum safety program a one-person construction company needs?

Even a sole proprietor who employs subcontractors has OSHA obligations if those subs count as employees. If you're truly self-employed with no employees, most OSHA standards don't apply to you personally. But the moment you hire anyone, fall protection, hazard communication, and PPE rules apply. At minimum, document your fall protection procedures, chemical SDS, and emergency contacts before your first employee starts.

What is a job hazard analysis and when is it required?

A job hazard analysis (JHA), also called a job safety analysis (JSA), breaks a task into steps with the hazard and control for each step. OSHA doesn't require a JHA for every task, but several standards reference them as an acceptable hazard identification method. Many project owners and GCs require them for non-routine or high-hazard work. They take 15 to 30 minutes to write and are your best real-time proof of active hazard management.

Does OSHA require OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 for construction workers?

Federal OSHA doesn't require OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 as a blanket mandate. Both are voluntary programs run through OSHA's Outreach Training Program. Many state labor laws, state DOT contracts, and project owners require them by contract. New York State requires OSHA 10 for all workers and OSHA 30 for supervisors on public works. Check your project contracts and your state's prevailing wage or public works rules.

What is the penalty for not having a safety program on a construction site?

There's no single "no safety program" citation. OSHA cites each specific standard you're violating. A serious violation carries a maximum of $16,131 per violation in 2024. A willful or repeated violation goes up to $161,323. An inspection that finds fall protection, training documentation, and hazard communication all deficient can produce a combined penalty of $30,000 to $80,000 or more before any informal conference reduction.

Who counts as a competent person under OSHA construction rules?

OSHA defines a competent person at 29 CFR 1926.32(f) as someone capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the work environment who has authority to take prompt corrective action. Authority is the key word: a worker who can spot hazards but can't stop work doesn't meet the definition. Each hazard category, including falls, excavations, and scaffolding, carries its own competency training requirements, and that training must be documented.

Can a general contractor be cited for a subcontractor's safety violations?

Yes. Under OSHA's multi-employer worksite policy, a general contractor who controls or creates a hazard can be cited even when the exposed workers belong to a subcontractor. If you're the GC and you have the ability to correct a hazard but don't, you're the controlling employer and can receive citations. Your safety program should include subcontractor prequalification and on-site monitoring to address this.

What records does a construction employer have to keep for OSHA compliance?

Employers with more than 10 employees must maintain an OSHA 300 injury and illness log, a 300A annual summary (posted February 1 to April 30 each year), and 301 incident report forms for each recordable case under 29 CFR 1904. Training records, inspection logs, JHAs, competent person designations, and written plans should be retained for at least three to five years. Some states require longer.

How often should construction site safety training be refreshed?

It depends on the standard. Fall protection training under 29 CFR 1926.503 requires retraining when the employer has reason to believe a worker lacks the understanding or skill needed. Hazard communication training is required at hire and when new hazards appear. Some states and project owners require annual refreshers on all topics. The safest practice is a 12-month refresher cycle for all core topics, documented every session.

What is the difference between a safety program and a safety plan in construction?

People use these terms interchangeably, but the distinction is useful. A safety program is the company-level system: policies, procedures, roles, and training frameworks that apply across all your work. A safety plan is often project-specific, built for a particular site with its own hazards, emergency contacts, and controls. Large projects may require a site-specific safety plan as a contract deliverable. Your program feeds every plan you write.

What is silica dust exposure and how does a construction safety program address it?

Silica dust is released when workers cut, grind, or drill concrete, masonry, stone, or sand. Chronic exposure causes silicosis, an irreversible lung disease. OSHA's construction silica standard, 29 CFR 1926.1153, sets an 8-hour permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms per cubic meter and requires a written exposure control plan, engineering controls (water suppression or HEPA vacuums), medical surveillance for high-exposure workers, and training ^[12].

Does a construction safety program need to cover mental health and substance abuse?

OSHA has no construction standard requiring mental health or substance abuse policies. But construction carries one of the highest suicide rates among major industry groups according to CDC data, and opioid overdose deaths on job sites have climbed sharply. Many large project owners now require substance abuse testing and some require Employee Assistance Program access in contract safety plans. Addressing these topics is good practice even where it isn't mandated.

How do I find out if my state has stricter construction safety rules than federal OSHA?

Start at OSHA's state plans page, which lists all 22 private-sector state-plan states and links to each state agency. Then check that agency's site for construction-specific regulations, often in a separate section from federal 29 CFR 1926. California, Washington, Michigan, and Oregon are the states most often cited for meaningfully stricter construction requirements than the federal baseline.

Sources

1. OSHA, 29 CFR 1926 Construction Industry Standards: 29 CFR 1926.20 requires employers to initiate and maintain safety programs; 29 CFR 1926.32(f) defines competent person; multi-employer worksite citation policy applies to controlling employers
2. OSHA, 29 CFR 1904.1 Recordkeeping Exemption for Small Employers: Employers with 10 or fewer employees are partially exempt from OSHA injury recordkeeping but not from safety standards themselves
3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 2022: In 2022, construction had 1,069 fatal occupational injuries; falls accounted for 395 deaths, approximately 37 percent of the total
4. New York State Department of Labor, Public Work and Prevailing Wage, OSHA Training Requirements: New York State requires OSHA 10-hour training for all workers and OSHA 30-hour for supervisors on public work sites
5. OSHA, 29 CFR 1926.503 Fall Protection Training Requirements: Fall protection training must be documented with employee name, date of training, and signature of trainer
6. OSHA, Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards FY2023: 29 CFR 1926.501 fall protection was the most cited standard across all industries in FY2023 with 7,762 violations, for the 13th consecutive year
7. OSHA, Penalties: In 2024, serious violations carry a maximum penalty of $16,131; willful or repeated violations carry a maximum of $161,323 per violation
8. OSHA, 29 CFR 1904.39 Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations: Work-related fatalities must be reported to OSHA within 8 hours; in-patient hospitalizations of 3 or more workers must be reported within 24 hours
9. OSHA, State Plans: 22 states and 2 U.S. territories operate OSHA-approved State Plans covering private sector workers; state plans must be at least as effective as federal OSHA but may be more stringent
10. OSHA, Injury and Illness Prevention Programs and Incentive Guidance: OSHA guidance warns that rate-based incentive programs tied to injury counts can discourage injury reporting and suppress recordkeeping data
11. National Safety Council, Injury Facts, Work Injury Costs: NSC estimates that a work-related injury resulting in days away from work costs employers tens of thousands of dollars per case in workers' compensation and medical costs
12. OSHA, 29 CFR 1926.1153 Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction: OSHA's silica standard for construction sets a permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms per cubic meter averaged over an 8-hour shift and requires a written exposure control plan
13. OSHA, Hazard Communication Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200: HazCom standard requires a written program, Safety Data Sheets for all hazardous chemicals, labeled containers, and documented worker training