Injury and Illness Prevention Program for California employers in Massachusetts.
The Injury and Illness Prevention Program is the document California employers in Massachusetts submit most often and rewrite most often. Here it is generated from the project details in one pass.
What GCs in Massachusetts check for
Cal/OSHA asks for it on every inspection, and California GCs ask for it with the site-specific plan. The reviewer looks for the person responsible, the inspection schedule, the communication system, and the training and records sections.
Federal OSHA enforces construction safety for private employers in Massachusetts; the plan says which rules apply and applies the stricter one where the state adds to federal OSHA.
- Federal OSHA covers private construction; the Massachusetts state plan covers public employers.
- Massachusetts requires OSHA 10 for workers on public construction projects.
Reviewers check for named people with a basis, hazards matched to scope, and a signature page. All three are built in, written to Cal/OSHA Title 8 3203.
Nothing here is OSHA-approved, because nothing is. What you get is a plan that names the right people, matches the scope, and is signed by you.
What’s inside
- 1.Responsibility
- 2.Compliance
- 3.Communication
- 4.Hazard assessment and schedule
- 5.Accident and exposure investigation
- 6.Hazard correction
- 7.Training and instruction
- 8.Recordkeeping
- 9.Signatures
One payment of $149. Edit your answers and regenerate as often as you need for 30 days.
Questions from Massachusetts California subs
- Do I need an IIPP for work in Massachusetts?
- Massachusetts does not require an IIPP by that name, but federal OSHA's safety and health program guidance covers the same eight elements, and GCs and insurers ask for one. This program serves that purpose and is the IIPP you need if you also work in California.
- Is this the same as a site-specific safety plan?
- No. The IIPP is company-wide and covers how you find and fix hazards everywhere you work. The site-specific plan applies it to one project. The program includes project-specific sections for the job you enter, and the Full Suite includes both.
- Does a injury and illness prevention program have to be state-specific in Massachusetts?
- Private construction in Massachusetts is covered by federal OSHA (Federal OSHA (Braintree and Andover area offices)); the state program covers public employers only. Your plan is written for the project address, and where Massachusetts 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.