Silica Exposure Control Plan for concrete, masonry, and demolition contractors in Missouri.
Most safety directors in St. Louis can tell a template from a plan in the first page. This Silica Exposure Control Plan is built from your scope, your hazards, and your people.
What GCs in Missouri check for
GCs and OSHA inspectors ask for the written plan by name under 29 CFR 1926.1153(g). They look for each task matched to its Table 1 row, the competent person, the housekeeping rules (no dry sweeping or compressed air), and how you keep other trades out of the dust.
In Missouri, Federal OSHA is the enforcing agency. Where the state has its own requirement on this subject, the plan carries a Missouri section that says so.
- Federal OSHA standards apply to private construction.
- Missouri requires OSHA 10 for workers on public works projects.
It reads like a plan a safety professional wrote for this job because the structure was written that way, against 29 CFR 1926.1153 and Table 1, 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.Purpose and scope
- 2.Tasks involving respirable crystalline silica
- 3.Table 1 task mapping and engineering controls
- 4.Housekeeping methods
- 5.Restricted access and communication
- 6.Competent person
- 7.Medical surveillance and training
- 8.Signatures
$149, ready in about two minutes after you answer, with your logo on every page.
Questions from Missouri concrete and masonry subs
- Who enforces the silica standard in Missouri?
- Private construction in Missouri is covered by federal OSHA (Federal OSHA (Kansas City and St. Louis area offices)). The respirable crystalline silica standard for construction applies either way, and the plan is written to 1926.1153(g).
- Do I need air monitoring?
- Not for tasks that match a Table 1 entry and follow its control fully. Tasks outside Table 1 need objective data or exposure monitoring; the plan has a section for those and tells you what it requires.
- Does a silica exposure control plan have to be state-specific in Missouri?
- Private construction in Missouri is covered by federal OSHA (Federal OSHA (Kansas City and St. Louis area offices)). Your plan is written for the project address, and where Missouri 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.