OSHA's multi-employer worksite policy.(SafetyAdvice)(Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

Roofing Contractor, March, 2004 by Macdonald, Chip

Multi-employer sites are tough places to work. I've heard it said that once a second employer arrives on site, with just one employee, the accident risk factor for everyone just went up by as much as 40 percent.

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Budget and schedule often supersede safety concerns. On the multi-employer construction sites I've audited, hazard communication is Spartan within any one company and all but non-existent between prime and subcontractors. These communication failures primarily occur between different contractors who are simultaneously on the site but unrelated by any written contract.

In December 1999, OSHA issued the most recent revision to its Field Inspection Reference Manual by way of CPL 2.103 (issued Sept. 26, 1994),...

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