Site-Specific Safety Plan for subcontractors in Massachusetts.
Subcontractors in Massachusetts get asked for a Site-Specific Safety Plan before the first day on site. This one is prepared from your answers in about 15 minutes.
What GCs in Massachusetts 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.
The plan is written for a Massachusetts project address, so the Massachusetts requirements a GC in Boston expects to see are included, not left for you to add.
- Federal OSHA covers private construction; the Massachusetts state plan covers public employers.
- Massachusetts requires OSHA 10 for workers on public construction projects.
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.
The sample pages on this site are for a fictional electrical sub; your plan reads the same way with your project, your GC, and your crew.
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
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Questions from Massachusetts subs
- What do GCs in Massachusetts ask for in a site-specific safety plan?
- The same core elements across Boston and Worcester: 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. Federal OSHA covers private construction; the Massachusetts state plan covers public employers.
- 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 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.