Site-Specific Safety Plan for subcontractors in California.
If the subcontract's safety exhibit lists a Site-Specific Safety Plan, the safety director will read it. Give them one written for the job, not a manual with the name changed.
What GCs in California check for
The GC's safety director checks it against the subcontract's safety exhibit before you can badge in: named competent persons with a basis, hazards matched to your scope, an emergency plan with the nearest hospital, a training and orientation section, and a signature page. A corporate manual does not pass; it has to name this project.
In California, Cal/OSHA is the enforcing agency. Where the state has its own requirement on this subject, the plan carries a California section that says so.
- Every employer needs a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program under Title 8 3203.
- Heat illness prevention is a written-plan requirement outdoors (3395) and indoors (3396).
- Cal/OSHA permits are needed for trenches 5 feet or deeper and for buildings or scaffolds over 36 feet.
It reads like a plan a safety professional wrote for this job because the structure was written that way, against ANSI A10.33 project structure, OSHA 1926 subparts by hazard, and the USACE A-02 reviewer checklist, before your answers went in.
It says on page one that the plan was prepared from your answers and that you adopt and implement it. Reviewers trust that more than a badge that no agency issues.
What’s inside
- 1.Project information
- 2.Responsibilities
- 3.Competent persons
- 4.Hazard analysis by task
- 5.Fall protection
- 6.Electrical safety / LOTO
- 7.Silica and dust
- 8.Emergency action plan
- 9.Training and toolbox talks
- 10.Signatures
$199, ready in about two minutes after you answer, with your logo on every page.
Questions from California subs
- What do GCs in California ask for in a site-specific safety plan?
- The same core elements across Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area: scope of work, a hazard analysis by task, controls for each hazard, named competent persons, an emergency plan with the nearest hospital, training and orientation, incident reporting, and a signed acceptance page. Every employer needs a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program under Title 8 3203.
- Is a corporate safety manual enough?
- Usually not. Subcontract safety exhibits ask for a plan written for this project: the project name, the GC, the scope, the site's hazards, and the people on this crew. That is what the plan generates.
- Does a site-specific safety plan have to be state-specific in California?
- California runs its own state plan, enforced by Cal/OSHA (Division of Occupational Safety and Health), so the plan follows federal 1926 plus the state's additions. Your plan is written for the project address, and where California has its own rule on the subject the plan says so and applies the stricter requirement.
- Is this OSHA-approved?
- No document is. OSHA and the state programs do not approve written plans; they inspect against them. This plan is prepared from your answers, says so on page one, and you adopt and implement it. That is what a GC's safety director is checking for.
- How long does it take?
- About 15 minutes of questions on your phone, then the documents generate in under two minutes. Word and PDF, English and Spanish, with your logo on the cover.
- What if the GC asks for changes?
- Edit your answers and regenerate as often as you like for 30 days at no charge. Every version stays downloadable. If it is not what you needed, reply to any of our emails within 30 days for a full refund.