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To help you implement the guidelines, Appendix A: Implementation Tools and Resources describes several
available tools and resources. OSHA will add to these resources through the guidelines website at
www.osha.gov/shpmguidelines.
Appendix B: Relationship of Guidelines to Existing OSHA Standards identifies existing OSHA standards that
include provisions similar or identical to action items in these guidelines. These guidelines do not change
employers’ obligations to comply with the requirements of any OSHA standard.
The guidelines are advisory and informational in content. They are not new standards or regulations; they
also do not create any new legal obligations or alter existing obligations created by OSHA standards,
OSHA regulations, or the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act). Pursuant to the OSH Act,
employers must comply with safety and health standards and regulations issued and enforced either by
OSHA or by an OSHA-approved State Plan. In addition, the OSH Act’s General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1),
requires employers to provide their workers with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause
death or serious physical harm. Implementing a safety and health program in accordance with these guide-
lines can aid employers in their efforts to comply with the OSH Act.
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INTRODUCTION
A study of small employers in Ohio found that workers’ compensation claims fell dramatically after working
with OSHA’s SHARP program to adopt programs similar to those described in these guidelines.4
average
claims
number of claims cost per claim (per million
average lost time per claim
DECREASED DECREASED dollars of payroll)
DEC RE AS E D
52%
DECREASED
80% 87% 88%
Source: Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (2011), Ohio 21(d) SHARP Program Performance Assessment.
3 For certain activities, worker participation is vital to the success of the program. In several places in these guidelines, OSHA refers not just
to workers but also to their representatives, such as labor unions.
4 The Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) recognizes small business employers who have used OSHA’s On-site
Consultation Program services and operate an exemplary injury and illness prevention program. For more information see https://www.
osha.gov/dcsp/smallbusiness/sharp.html.
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Employers will find that implementing these guidelines also brings other benefits. The renewed or enhanced
commitment to safety and health and the cooperative atmosphere between management and workers have
been linked to:
• Improvements in product, process, and service quality.
• Better workplace morale.
• Improved recruitment and retention.
• A more favorable image and reputation (among customers, suppliers, and the community).
IMPLEMENTING
a safety & health program
5 Leigh, J. P. (2011), Economic Burden of Occupational Injury and Illness in the United States. Milbank Quarterly, 89: 728–772.
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• Workers and their representatives are involved in all aspects of the program—including
setting goals, identifying and reporting hazards, investigating incidents, and tracking
progress.
Worker • All workers, including contractors and temporary workers, understand their roles and
responsibilities under the program and what they need to do to effectively carry them out.
Participation • Workers are encouraged and have means to communicate openly with management and to
report safety and health concerns without fear of retaliation.
• Any potential barriers or obstacles to worker participation in the program (for example,
language, lack of information, or disincentives) are removed or addressed.
Hazard • Procedures are put in place to continually identify workplace hazards and evaluate risks.
Identification and • An initial assessment of existing hazards and control measures is followed by periodic
inspections and reassessments to identify new hazards.
Assessment
• Employers and workers cooperate to identify and select options for eliminating, preventing,
Hazard Prevention or controlling workplace hazards.
and Control • A plan is developed that ensures controls are implemented, interim protection is provided,
progress is tracked, and the effectiveness of controls is verified.
• All workers are trained to understand how the program works and how to carry out the
Education and responsibilities assigned to them under the program.
Training • All workers are trained to recognize workplace hazards and to understand the control
measures that have been implemented.
Coordination and
• The host employer and all contract employers coordinate on work planning and scheduling to
Communication on identify and resolve any conflicts that could impact safety or health.
Multiemployer • Workers from both the host and contract employer are informed about the hazards present at
the worksite and the hazards that work of the contract employer may create on site.
Worksites
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Action item 1: C
ommunicate your commitment to a safety and health program
A clear, written policy helps you communicate • Communicate the policy to all workers
that safety and health is a primary organizational and relevant stakeholders, including, as
value and is as important as productivity, profit- applicable:
ability, product or service quality, and customer Contractors, subcontractors, and
satisfaction. temporary workers at your worksite(s).
How to accomplish it Labor unions.
Suppliers and vendors.
• Establish
a written policy signed by top
management describing the organization’s Other tenants in a multi-tenant building.
commitment to safety and health and Visitors.
pledging to establish and maintain a safety Customers.
and health program.
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How to accomplish it
• Integrate safety and health into planning and • Make arrangements to ensure that resources
budgeting processes and align budgets with such as first-aid and medical treatment are
program needs. available if a worker is injured at work or
• Estimate the resources needed to establish suffers a work-related illness.
and implement the program. Note: Resource needs will vary depending on your
• Allow time in workers’ schedules for full organization’s size, complexity, and starting point in
program development. Resource needs may include
participation in the program. capital equipment and supplies, staff time, training,
• Provide and direct resources (money and access to information and tools (e.g., vendor information,
Safety Data Sheets, injury/illness data, checklists, online
staff time) to operate and maintain the
databases), and access to safety and health experts,
program, meet safety and health commit- including OSHA’s free On-site Consultation Program (see
ments, and pursue program goals. “For More Information” in the “Introduction” section of
these guidelines).
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WORKER PARTICIPATION
• Have opportunities to participate throughout against any employee because such employee has filed
any complaint or instituted any proceeding under or
program design and implementation. related to [the OSH] Act or has testified or is about to
testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise
• Have access to information they need to of such employee on behalf of himself or others of any
participate effectively in the program. right afforded by [the OSH] Act.”
• Are encouraged to participate in the program Note: Incentive programs for workers or managers that
and feel comfortable reporting safety and tie performance evaluations, compensation, or rewards
to low injury and illness rates can discourage injury and
health concerns. illness reporting. Point systems that penalize workers
for reporting injuries, illnesses, or other safety or health
In addition, management identifies and eliminates concerns have the same effect, as can mandatory drug
barriers to worker participation in the program. testing after reporting injuries. Effective safety and health
programs recognize positive safety and health activities,
Note: It is a violation of Section 11(c) of the OSH Act for such as reporting hazardous conditions or suggesting
an employer to “discharge or in any manner discriminate safer work procedures.
6 For certain activities, worker participation is vital to the success of the program. In several places in these guidelines, OSHA refers not just
to workers but also to their representatives, such as labor unions.
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How to accomplish it
• Acknowledge and provide positive reinforce- • Encourage workers to make suggestions
ment to workers who actively participate in about safety and health.
the program. Note: At many worksites, contractors, subcontractors, and
temporary workers work alongside regular workers. It is
• Maintain an open door policy that invites important to encourage such workers to fully participate
workers to talk to managers about safety and in the safety and health program. This will allow all
health. workers at the site to benefit from the program and
to contribute their insights to make the program more
effective.
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Give workers information they may need to under- Chemical and equipment manufacturer
stand safety and health hazards. safety recommendations.
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Action item 4: Identify hazards associated with emergency and non-routine situations
Identify foreseeable emergency scenarios and Startups after planned or unplanned
understand the hazards they may present. Also equipment shutdowns; verification of
assess the hazards of non-routine or infrequent lockout/tagout.
tasks, including maintenance and startup/shut- Non-routine tasks, such as infrequently
down activities. Develop plans and procedures performed maintenance activities.
for responding appropriately and safely in such
situations. Natural disasters.
Weather emergencies.
How to accomplish it
Medical emergencies.
• Identify and assess foreseeable emergency
scenarios and non-routine tasks, taking into • Conduct emergency planning “table-top”
account the types of material and equipment exercises to help you plan and test your
in use and the location within the facility. response to emergency and non-routine
Examples of foreseeable scenarios may situations.
include: Note: Several OSHA standards require emergency plans.
See the section on “Hazard Prevention and Control” for
Fires and explosions.
more details on OSHA requirements.
Chemical releases.
Note: See also Appendix A: Implementation Tools and
Hazardous material spills. Resources for tools to identify hazards that can arise in
emergency situations.
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Action item 5: Characterize the nature of identified hazards, determine the controls to be
implemented, and prioritize the hazards for control
Assess and understand the hazards you have an ongoing obligation to control all serious
identified and the types of incidents that could recognized hazards and to protect workers.
result from worker exposure to those hazards. Use • Use interim control measures to protect
this information to determine which controls to workers until more permanent solutions can
implement and to set priorities for implementing be implemented.
them.
Note: Risk can be reduced by controlling or eliminating
How to accomplish it the hazard or by reducing the potential for exposure.
Under the “hierarchy of controls” (see “Hazard Prevention
• Evaluate each hazard by considering the and Control”) hazard elimination is preferable because
severity of potential outcomes, the likelihood exposure reduction may involve less reliable measures,
such as administrative controls or use of personal
that an event or exposure will occur, and the protective equipment (PPE).
number of workers exposed.
Note: See also Appendix A: Implementation Tools and
• Prioritize the hazards so that those Resources for tools that employers can use to assess
presenting the greatest risk are addressed hazards.
first. Note, however, that employers have
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Action item 4: Select controls to protect workers during non-routine operations and
emergencies
Plan to protect workers during non-routine oper- • Procure any equipment needed to control
ations and foreseeable emergencies, such as fires emergency-related hazards.
and explosions, chemical releases, hazardous • Assign responsibilities for implementing the
material spills, unplanned equipment shutdowns, emergency plan.
natural disasters, and weather and medical
emergencies. • Conduct emergency drills to ensure that
procedures and equipment provide adequate
How to accomplish it protection during emergency situations.
• Develop procedures to control hazards that Note: Authorities such as local fire and emergency
may arise during non-routine operations. response departments, state agencies, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, and OSHA have
• Develop or modify plans to control hazards regulations that require emergency planning (see
that may arise in emergency situations. Appendix B).
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Safety and health program functions. • Confirm, as part of the training, that all
workers have the right to report injuries,
What to do in an emergency. incidents, hazards, and concerns and to fully
Employer responsibilities under the participate in the program without fear of
program. retaliation.
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How to accomplish it
• Instruct workers with specific roles within
the safety and health program on how they
should carry out those responsibilities.
• Provide opportunities for workers to ask
questions and offer feedback during and
after the training.
• As the program evolves, institute a more
formal process for determining the training
needs of workers responsible for devel-
oping, implementing, and maintaining the
program.
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• Verify that the program’s core elements have Tracking progress in controlling identified
been fully and effectively implemented. hazards and ensuring that hazard control
measures remain effective.
• Verify that the following key processes are in
place and operating as intended: Collecting and reporting the data needed
to monitor progress and performance.
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If you never host other employers’ workers at your A T MANY WORKSITES today, workers of more than
one employer work alongside or interact with
each other. Typically, some workers are employed
worksite and your own workers are never assigned
to a worksite controlled by another employer, this by a host employer (which may be an owner or
section may not apply to you. However, if you general contractor) and others by a contractor,
intermittently or frequently operate in a multi- subcontractor, or temporary staffing agency. In
employer work environment, then this section is these settings, employers must establish mecha-
important. Many of the action items presented nisms to coordinate their efforts and communicate
here are similar to those discussed earlier in these information to ensure that all workers on site and
guidelines. Here you will find guidance on how to their representatives can participate in efforts to
implement those action items effectively, taking prevent and control injuries and illnesses, and that
into account the unique situations that can arise in workers are afforded equal protection against
a multiemployer work environment. hazards.7
7 For certain activities, worker participation is vital to the success of the program. In several places in these guidelines, OSHA refers
not just to workers but also to their representatives, such as labor unions.
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How to accomplish it
• Communicate to temporary and contract
employers and workers the commitment to
provide the same level of safety and health
protection.
• Provide a copy of the safety and health
policy to all contractors, subcontractors, and
temporary staffing agencies.
• Before beginning on-site work (including,
where appropriate, as part of requests for
proposals, bids, and contracts), clarify each
employer’s responsibilities and obligations • Outline the procedures and processes for
with respect to safety and health, such as: coordinating safety and health responsi-
Providing necessary training to workers. bilities, as well as and the procedures for
Selecting, providing, and maintaining any communicating between the host employer
PPE. and contractor, subcontractor or temporary
staffing agency. Document these in writing.
Providing any required medical
surveillance or assessments.
Recording and reporting any injuries or
illnesses.
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APPENDIX A:
IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS AND RESOURCES
OSHA has developed several tools and resources that can help you implement, operate, and improve your
safety and health program. These are available on the Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
website at www.osha.gov/shpmguidelines.
The following describes tools and resources from OSHA and others that were available at the time of publi-
cation of these guidelines. Additional tools and resources will be developed and posted, so please check the
website periodically to see what is new.
EXISTING TOOLS
Safety and Health Program Management Goals and Metrics. These tools can help you set goals for
your program, establish metrics, and monitor your performance.
• Cal-OSHA VPP Presentation “Identifying Measurable Safety Goals.”
• Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation “Safety Goals and Measurement.”
• Campbell Institute Transforming EHS Performance Measurement Through Leading Indicators.
Hazard Identification Tools. These tools help you identify hazards in the workplace:
• OSHA “Hazard Identification Training Tool.”
• OSHA Small Business Handbook.
• OSHA Job Hazard Analysis (booklet).
• National Day Laborer Organizing Network “Hazard Identification and Prevention” (pamphlet).
Incident Investigation Tools. These tools help you investigate workplace incidents:
• OSHA “Incident Investigation” (Web page).
• OSHA “Employee’s Report of Injury Form.”
• OSHA “Hazard Identification Training Tool.”
• National Safety Council “Incident Investigation Manual.”
• Cal-OSHA Guide to Developing Injury and Illness Prevention Programs – Accident Investigation.
“Protecting Temporary Workers” (Web page). OSHA Guidance and resources to ensure a safe work
environment for temporary workers.
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IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS AND RESOURCES
FUTURE TOOLS
Safety and Health Program Management Implementation Checklist. Use this checklist to track
action items you have completed and as a reminder of what you have left to do.
Safety and Health Program Management Self Evaluation. Use this questionnaire to determine how
closely your existing policies, programs, and practices conform to good safety and health program
management design.
Safety and Health Program Management Audit Tool. Use this tool when conducting periodic reviews
of your program. Record findings and recommendations for changes to improve the program.
Case studies. Case studies of successful program implementation (SHARP, VPP, 18001, hospitals).
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APPENDIX B: RELATIONSHIP OF
GUIDELINES TO EXISTING OSHA STANDARDS
APPENDIX B: RELATIONSHIP OF
GUIDELINES TO EXISTING OSHA STANDARDS
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Table B-1. Relationship of Guidelines to Selected Existing OSHA Standards
Applicable in General Industry Workplaces*
Standard & Overview Relationship to Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines Core Elements
Management Employee Hazard Hazard Education Program Multiemployer
Leadership Participation Identification Prevention & & Training Evaluation & Worksites
& Assessment Control Improvement
Injuries and Illnesses 1904.32(b)(3) 1904.35
1904 applies to recording
and reporting of occupa-
tional injuries and illness.
Ladders 1910.25 - 27 1910.25(d)(1)(x) 1910.25
describes inspection and 1910.26(c)(2) 1910.26(c) &
safe use requirements for (vi) (d)
portable wooden ladders, 1910.27(f) 1910.27(f)
portable metal ladders,
and fixed ladders.
Emergency Action Plans 1910.38(b) 1910.38(e)
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is required by another
OSHA standard.
Occupational Noise 1910.95(e),(f), 1910.95(d) 1910.95(b), 1910.95(e),
Exposure ensures (l) (i), (j) (k), (l)
protection from
hazardous noise exposure
Process Safety Manage- 1910.119(l)(2) 1910.119(c), (e) 1910.119(d), (e), 1910.119(e)(3) 1910.119(g), 1910.119(e)(6), 1910.119(h), (l)(3),
ment 1910.119 prevents (v) (4), (m)(3) (i), (j)(4), (j)(6) (iii), (e)(5), (f), (h)(3)(i), (i) (f)(3), (m)(5), (m)(3)
or minimizes the conse- (ii), (l), (m), (n) (j)(5), (k), (m) (2)(iv), (j)(3) (o)
quences of a catastrophic (5)
chemical release; applies
to chemicals above spec-
ified threshold quantities
and extremely flammable
gases or liquids not used
for fuel.
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APPENDIX B: RELATIONSHIP OF
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Table B-1. Relationship of Guidelines to Selected Existing OSHA Standards
Applicable in General Industry Workplaces*
Standard & Overview Relationship to Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines Core Elements
Management Employee Hazard Hazard Education Program Multiemployer
Leadership Participation Identification Prevention & & Training Evaluation & Worksites
& Assessment Control Improvement
Emergency Response 1910.120(q)(1) 1910.120(q)(3) 1910.120(q) 1910.120(q)(2) 1910.120(q)(3),
1910.120(q) HAZWOPER & (2) (4)–(8) (x) (5)
Emergency Response ap-
plies when employees will
be directed to respond to
an uncontrolled release of
hazardous material
Personal Protective 1910.132(d) 1910.133 1910.132(f)
Equipment (PPE) 1910.137(c)(2) 1910.134
Subpart I (1910.132–138) (ii) & (xii) 1910.135
ensures PPE (gloves, 1910.138(b) 1910.136
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entry below for “Respira-
tory Protection.”)
Respiratory Protection 1910.134(d) 1910.134(a), 1910.134(k) 1910.134(l)
1910.134 ensures pro- (c), (e)–(j)
tection from inhalation
hazards and safe respira-
tor use.
Confined Space Entry 1910.146(d) (8) 1910.146(l) 1910.146(c)(1), 1910.146(c)(3), 1910.146(g), 1910.146(d)(13) 1910.146(c)(8)
1910.146 protects employ- & (e) (c)(2), (c)(4), (c) (c)(4) (h)(1), (i)(1) & (14) & (9)
ees entering spaces that (6), (d)(2), (d) & (2), (k)(2)
may contain a hazardous (5)
atmosphere or other
serious hazard.
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APPENDIX B: RELATIONSHIP OF
OSHA Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
Table B-1. Relationship of Guidelines to Selected Existing OSHA Standards
Applicable in General Industry Workplaces*
Standard & Overview Relationship to Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines Core Elements
Management Employee Hazard Hazard Education Program Multiemployer
Leadership Participation Identification Prevention & & Training Evaluation & Worksites
& Assessment Control Improvement
Lockout/Tagout 1910.147(c) (4) 1910.147(c) (6) 1910.147(c)(4) 1910.147(c)(4), 1910.147(c) 1910.147(c)(6)(i) 1910.147(f)(2)
1910.147 prevents acci- (ii)(C), (f)(3) (i), (c)(8) & (9) (ii)(D), (c)(6) (d), (e) & (f) (1), (7)
dental startup or release (ii)(A)
of stored energy during
machine or equipment
servicing.
Powered Industrial 1910.178(q)(7) 1910.178(e)– 1910.178(l)
Trucks 1910.178 applies to (k), (m)–(q)
design, maintenance, and
use of forklifts and similar
vehicles.
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to use of welding or torch 1910.255(e) 1910.253(a)
cutting equipment. (4)
1910.254(a)
(3)
1910.255(a)
(3)
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requires sharing chemical
hazard information.
*This table includes commonly applicable OSHA standards that contain elements related to safety and health program management (e.g., ladders). It
also includes less commonly applicable standards that follow a more robust program management model (e.g., process safety management).
GUIDELINES TO EXISTING OSHA STANDARDS
APPENDIX B: RELATIONSHIP OF
OSHA Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
Table B-2. Relationship of Guidelines to Selected Existing OSHA Standards Applicable in Construction
Workplaces*
Relationship to Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines Core Elements
Standard & Overview Management Employee Hazard Hazard Education & Program Multiemployer
Leadership Participation Identification & Prevention & Training Evaluation & Worksites
Assessment Control Improvement
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ronmental Controls
Subpart D addresses
control of health haz-
ards such as noise and
lead. This section con-
tains several regulations
requiring a comprehen-
sive program. Many of
these are highlighted
below.
Medical Services and 1926.50(c)
First Aid 1926.50 ap-
plies at sites more than
3 to 4 minutes from
emergency care. Where
this standard applies,
the Blood-borne Patho-
gens rule also applies
(see 1910.1030 in Table
B-1 on general indus-
try).
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APPENDIX B: RELATIONSHIP OF
OSHA Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
Table B-2. Relationship of Guidelines to Selected Existing OSHA Standards Applicable in Construction
Workplaces*
Relationship to Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines Core Elements
Standard & Overview Management Employee Hazard Hazard Education & Program Multiemployer
Leadership Participation Identification & Prevention & Training Evaluation & Worksites
Assessment Control Improvement
Chemical Hazard Com- 1910.1200(e) (1) 1910.1200(h) 1910.1200(h) 1910.1200 (e)(2)
munication 1926.59 and & (h)(3)(ii) (3) (iii)
1910.1200 require shar-
ing chemical hazard
information.
Lead 1926.62 applies to 1926.62(o) 1926.62(d), (e) 1926.62(e), (f), 1926.62(l) 1926.62(e)(2) 1926.62(e)(2)
construction activities (2)(iii), (m) (g), (h), (i), (v),(3) (ii)(H)
where workers may be
exposed to lead.
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prevents or minimizes
the consequences of
a catastrophic chem-
ical release; applies
to chemicals above
specified thresh-
old quantities and
extremely flammable
gases or liquids not
used for fuel.
Hazardous Waste 1926.65(b)(1) 1926.65(c), (l), 1926.65(d), 1926.65(e) 1926.65(o) 1926.65(i)
Operations and (ii), (b)(2)(ii) (m) (g), (j), (k),
Emergency Response (m), (n)
1926.65 applies to
clean-up operations
at hazardous waste
sites.
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Table B-2. Relationship of Guidelines to Selected Existing OSHA Standards Applicable in Construction
Workplaces*
Relationship to Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines Core Elements
Standard & Overview Management Employee Hazard Hazard Education & Program Multiemployer
Leadership Participation Identification & Prevention & Training Evaluation & Worksites
Assessment Control Improvement
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Subpart J (g)(2) 1926.351(d) 1926.351(d)
prevents fires or injury 1926.352(e), (i) 1926.352(e)
due to use of welding 1926.354(a)
or torch cutting equip-
ment.
Electrical Subpart K 1926.403(b), (g), 1926.402–408 1926.404(b)
addresses electrical (h), (j)(2)(ii) 1926.416 (1) (iii)(B)
safety requirements for 1926.404(a)(1), 1926.417 1926.417
safeguarding employ- (b)(1), (d)(2)(ii)
ees. Highlights relating 1926.405(b)(3)
to installation require- 1926.416(a)(3)
ments and safe work 1926.417
practices are noted
here.
Scaffolds Subpart L 1926.451(d)(3) 1926.451 1926.451(a)
specifies safety require- (i), (d)(10), (d) 1926.452 (6), (f)(7)
ments for scaffolds and (12)(iv), (f)(3) 1926.453 1926.454
aerial lifts, as well as 1926.452(t)(2)
training, with highlights 1926.453(b)(2)
presented here. (i)& (xii)
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OSHA Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
Table B-2. Relationship of Guidelines to Selected Existing OSHA Standards Applicable in Construction
Workplaces*
Relationship to Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines Core Elements
Standard & Overview Management Employee Hazard Hazard Education & Program Multiemployer
Leadership Participation Identification & Prevention & Training Evaluation & Worksites
Assessment Control Improvement
Fall Protection 1926.501(a)(2) 1926.501 1926.503 1926.502(k)
Subpart M 1926.502(b) 1926.502 (10)
specifies that employ- (15), (c)(4)&(5),
ers have a duty to (d)(19)&((21),
provide fall protection,
(e)(9), (k)(10)
such as guard rails,
covers, or lifelines, for
employees working 6
or more feet above an
unprotected side or
edge.
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use requirements for
portable and fixed
ladders.
Toxic and Hazardous 1926.1101(o) 1926.1101(f) 1926.1101(f), (k) 1926.1101(e), 1926.1101(g) 1926.1101(d), (k)
Substances Subpart Z (6) (6) – (8), (g), (h), (i), (5)(v), (k) (2) – (4)
protects employees (j), (l) (9), (o)(4)
from health hazards.
Asbestos 1926.1101
applies to construction
activities where work-
ers may be exposed to
asbestos.
Confined Spaces 1926.1204(h) 1926.1204(h) 1926.1203(a), 1926.1203 1926.1204(h) 1926.1204 (m), 1926.1203(h)
Subpart AA protects 1926.1205 1926.1212 (b) 1926.1204(a), 1926.1207 (n) 1926.1204(k)
employees entering 1926.1206(g) 1926.1204(b), (c), (d), 1926.1208(a) 1926.1205(f)
spaces that may (e) 1926.1205
contain a hazardous 1926.1206 1926.1206
atmosphere or other
serious hazard.
*This table includes highlights of selected commonly applicable OSHA standards that contain elements related to safety and health
program management (e.g., ladders). This also includes less commonly applicable standards that serve as an example of robust pro-
gram management (e.g., process safety management).
GUIDELINES TO EXISTING OSHA STANDARDS
APPENDIX B: RELATIONSHIP OF
OSHA Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines