A safety consultant can write it for you. Pike Consulting Group writes the program as a written Health and Safety Plan built around the builder’s own trades and job sites, then trains the crews and subcontractors on it and inspects against it. A plan that sits in a binder does not protect anyone in an OSHA inspection, so the writing is only the first step.
Who is doing the work on your sites. A builder running its own crews needs a different plan from one that subcontracts nearly every trade. When subcontractors carry most of the hazards, the program has to say how their safety programs are checked at onboarding and followed through the job.
The hazards your trades actually face. Fall protection, scaffolds, trenching and excavation, and silica each bring their own training and documentation. A generic template covers the headings and misses the work.
Whether anyone will run it. A written program only counts if training, inspections and records keep happening after the plan is signed. That is the question OSHA asks first after an accident: what have you done to ensure the health and safety of your employees?
Pike Consulting Group builds it on a five-step management system:
– A written Health and Safety Plan tailored to the organization. – Training for employees and subcontractors on job site hazards and how to abate them. – Regular job site evaluations. – Ongoing training matched to the tasks being done at the time. – A progressive reward and reprimand program, so safe work is recognized and substandard work has a consequence.
The paperwork comes with it: training attendance records, employee and subcontractor handbooks, safety agreements, job site inspection forms, and incident and corrective action reports. That documentation is what shows OSHA a commitment to safety rather than an intention.
The system was awarded the NAHB Safety Award for Excellence. Training is led by OSHA-authorized instructors in English and Spanish.
For a builder who wants the program written and then run for them, the same system is delivered as Safety Management Services, including representation if OSHA visits a project.
Yes, and some do. The hard part is keeping the training, inspections and records current once the job gets busy. A program that is written and never implemented does not show OSHA anything.
It should. Pike Consulting Group trains employees and trade partners, and the system includes subcontractor handbooks and safety agreements.
With an introductory safety assessment of your workplace conditions and current system. A free self-assessment tool is also available on the Safety Solutions page.
Call 678-208-5548 or send a note through the contact page to talk through what your program needs before anything is written.
