Site-Specific Safety Plan
Every sub on a commercial job turns one of these in before the crew can badge in. Not once a year like a written program. Once per project. This is a 26-page fill-in plan built on US OSHA 29 CFR 1926, in the order a GC safety manager reads one, written by a steel erector who has had to hand them in.
Most of what gets turned in is another outfit's template with the name whited out, and a GC safety manager can tell in about a minute. The other common one is a template built for another country's rules, WorkSafe or HSWA, that comes straight back. This one is framed on 1926 and makes you write your own people, tasks and controls into it.
What the prequal package asks for, and where it sits in this plan
| What they ask for | Where it lives |
|---|---|
| Project and company information, key contacts, 24-hour number | Section 1 |
| Safety policy statement with an officer signature | Section 2 |
| Roles and responsibilities | Section 3 |
| Competent person by hazard, with basis and authority sign-off, 1926.32(f) | Section 4 |
| Scope of work and hazard checklist, 28 hazards | Section 5 |
| Task hazard analysis sheets (JHA / AHA), three bound in | Section 6 |
| Programs by hazard: falls, scaffolds, ladders, excavation, cranes, electrical and LOTO, silica, hazcom, PPE, respirators, confined space, hot work, heat | Sections 7 to 9 |
| Emergency action plan, 1926.35, and fire protection, 1926.150 | Section 10 |
| Posted emergency information page: 911, site address, nearest ER, muster point | Section 11 |
| Incident reporting with the OSHA 1904.39 clock, plus an incident record form | Section 12 |
| Training and orientation, topic checklist, 17-line training log | Section 13 |
| Inspection schedule and a 13-week toolbox talk schedule | Section 14 |
| Lower-tier sub flow-down, drug and alcohol policy, disciplinary ladder | Section 15 |
| Signature page: plan approval, GC review, crew acknowledgment | Section 16 |
| Emergency page and crew acknowledgment again in Spanish | Back pages |
Real pages, not a brochure
What's inside the 26 pages
- Competent person designation by hazard: fall protection, scaffolds, excavation, ladders, cranes and rigging, steel erection, silica, confined space, electrical, respirators, hazcom, demolition. Basis for designation and the authority sign-off, 1926.32(f).
- Three task hazard analysis sheets, eight steps each, with PPE, permits, rescue plan and crew sign-in. The JHA Pack has eighteen of these already filled in.
- Programs by hazard on three pages. Each one leads with what the standard actually requires, then gives you the lines to say how you do it on this site.
- An emergency information page built to be posted, with the OSHA 8-hour and 24-hour reporting numbers, in English and again in Spanish at the back.
- Incident reporting with the 1904.39 clock in a table, a training log, an orientation checklist, a 13-week toolbox talk schedule, lower-tier flow-down, and the signature page with the GC review line.
- A straight page on what this plan doesn't cover, so nobody mistakes it for the written programs it points at.
The written programs this plan points at
Section 7 to 9 say how you handle each hazard. For silica and heat, OSHA and three states want a full written program behind that line: the Silica Exposure Control Plan and the Heat Illness Prevention Plan. All three, the JHA Pack and the three editions of the 52 talks are one download in the Whole Safety Program, $69.
Pages of this plan sold on their own, $4 each on Etsy
New Hire Safety Orientation + Visitor Sign-In Log: Section 11 as a per-person sheet, every line initialed, both sign, plus the gate log with the visitor rules printed on it. Incident Report Form: Section 10. Emergency Contact Sheet: the Section 9 poster. First Aid Kit Checklist. Equipment and Vehicle Maintenance Log: the record behind the Section 7 equipment programs. All of them English page, Spanish page.
Turning these in for more than one company?
Safety consultants and multi-branch outfits: the company and consultant licenses cover every product on this site for your whole company or all your clients.
The honest part
This is a template. Filled in, it's your plan. Blank, it's paper. It supports your company's safety program and the current OSHA standards, it doesn't replace them, and it isn't legal advice. Whether a given GC accepts it is between you and that GC; if they require their own form, use theirs and keep this as the answer key.
Training aid, not legal advice. It supports your company's safety program and current OSHA standards, it doesn't replace them. One purchase covers your company: print all your own crews need, on all your own jobs.
Built by ToolboxYear, written by a working steel erector. Take a free talk · Find my purchases · Company and consultant licenses.