| Management Leadership |
- Top management demonstrates a commitment to continuous improvement in safety and health, communicates that commitment to workers, and establishes program expectations and responsibilities.
- Managers at all levels make safety and health a core organizational value, establish safety and health goals and objectives, provide adequate resources and support for the program, and set a good example.
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| Worker Participation |
- Workers and their representatives are involved in all aspects of the program, including setting goals, identifying and reporting hazards, investigating incidents, and tracking progress.
- All workers, including contractors and temporary workers, understand their roles and responsibilities under the program and what they need to do to effectively carry them out.
- Workers are encouraged and have the means to communicate openly with management and report safety and health concerns without fear of retaliation.
- Any potential barriers or obstacles to worker participation in the program—for example, language, lack of information, or disincentives—are removed or addressed.
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| Hazard Identification & Assessment |
- Procedures are established and continuously implemented to identify workplace hazards and evaluate risks.
- Safety and health hazards from routine, non-routine, and emergency situations are identified and assessed.
- An initial assessment of existing hazards, exposures, and control measures is conducted and periodically reviewed.
- Workers participate in identifying hazards and evaluating potential solutions.
- All identified hazards are prioritized for appropriate control.
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| Hazard Prevention & Control |
- Controls are selected according to a hierarchy that prioritizes engineering solutions, followed by safe work practices, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
- A plan is developed to ensure that controls are implemented, interim protection is provided when necessary, progress is tracked, and the effectiveness of controls is verified.
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| Education & Training |
- All workers are trained to understand how the program works and how to carry out the responsibilities assigned to them.
- Employers, managers, and supervisors receive training on safety and health concepts and their responsibilities for protecting workers' rights and responding to workers' reports and concerns.
- All workers are trained to recognize workplace hazards and understand the control measures that have been implemented.
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| Program Evaluation & Improvement |
- Control measures are periodically evaluated for effectiveness.
- Processes are established to monitor program performance, verify program implementation, identify program shortcomings, and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Necessary actions are taken to improve the program and overall safety and health performance.
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| Communication & Coordination for Host Employers, Contractors, & Staffing Agencies |
- Host employers, contractors, and staffing agencies commit to providing the same level of safety and health protection to all employees.
- Host employers, contractors, and staffing agencies communicate the hazards present at the worksite and the hazards that contract workers may create on site.
- Host employers establish specifications and qualifications for contractors and staffing agencies.
- Before work begins, host employers, contractors, and staffing agencies coordinate work planning and scheduling to identify and resolve any conflicts that could affect safety or health.
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