{"id":2230,"date":"2011-03-23T05:48:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T05:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.empowerbpo.com\/blog\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2023-05-12T07:06:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T07:06:47","slug":"which-osha-regulations-require-written-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/which-osha-regulations-require-written-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Which OSHA Regulations Require Written Plans?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhichIf\u00a0OSHA Compliance<\/b><\/a>\u00a0came to your door, what\u2019s one of the first things the inspector might ask to see? The answer is . . . your Hazard Communication Plan. Is your written plan up for that kind of scrutiny? How about your other safety and health plans? Are you sure you have all the required written plans you need in place?<\/p>\n

Not all OSHA regulations require written plans, but many do. The question is which ones? Take a look at the bulleted list of general industry regulations requiring written plans. For your convenience, we\u2019ve put them in order from most-violated down to least-violated plans, according to the latest OSHA statistics:<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 Hazard communication \u2013 1910.1200(e)
\n*\u00a0 Lockout\/tagout<\/a>\u00a0(energy control procedures)- 1910.147(c)(4)
\n*\u00a0 Respiratory protection \u2013 1910.134(c)(1)
\n*\u00a0 Process safety management<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 1910.119(d),(e)(1),(f)(1),(j)(1),(l)(1),(m)(4),(o)(3)
\n*\u00a0 Personal protective equipment<\/a>\u00a0(hazard assessment) \u2013 1910.132(d)
\n*\u00a0 Bloodborne pathogens<\/a> \u2013 1910.1030(c)
\n*\u00a0 Emergency action plans \u2013 1910.38(b)
\n*\u00a0 Permit-required confined spaces \u2013 1910.146(c)(4)
\n*\u00a0 Hazardous waste<\/a>\u00a0operations and emergency response \u2013 1910.120(b)(1),(l)(1),(p)(1),(q)(1)
\n*\u00a0 Electrical safety<\/a>\u00a0(assured equipment grounding conductor program and lockout\/tagout procedures for work with energized parts) \u2013 1910.304(b)(3)(ii) and 1910.333(b)(2)(i)
\n*\u00a0 Fire prevention<\/a>\u00a0plans \u2013 1910.39(b)
\n*\u00a0 Laboratory standard (chemical hygiene plan) \u2013 1910.1450(e)
\n*\u00a0 Commercial diving<\/a>\u00a0operations (safe practices manual) \u2013 1910.420
\n*\u00a0 Powered platforms for building maintenance (emergency action plan) \u2013 1910.66(e)(9)
\nWhen OSHA considers a safety or health hazard to be serious, the agency usually requires written documentation of the steps an employer takes to counteract the hazard. You can see that the above list covers some of the most serious hazards faced by workers today, including, but not limited to, chemical exposures, process explosions, fire, electrocution, and bloodborne pathogens.<\/p>\n

As an employer, not all of these plans will necessarily be applicable to your workplace, so you\u2019ll want to review the scope and applicability of these regulations to see if your company falls under any of them. For the applicable ones, make sure your written plans meet all the OSHA-required elements specified in the regulations.<\/p>\n

This article was originally posted at\u00a0https:\/\/ehssafetynewsamerica.com\/2012\/07\/07\/which-osha-regulations-require-written-plans\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If\u00a0OSHA Compliance\u00a0came to your door, what\u2019s one of the first things the inspector might ask to see? The answer is . . . your Hazard Communication Plan. Is your written plan up for that kind of scrutiny? How about your other safety and health plans? Are you sure you have all the required written plans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[38,17,19],"class_list":["post-2230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-osha","tag-osha","tag-osha-compliance","tag-osha-compliance-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empowerelearning.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}