Contractors - Employer Responsibilities

When selecting a contractor, the employer must perform the following tasks:

• Obtain and evaluate information about the contract employer's safety performance and programs.
• Inform contract employers of the known potential fire, explosion, or toxic release hazards related to the contractor's work and the process.
• Explain to contract employers the applicable provisions of the emergency action plan.
• Develop and implement safe work practices to control the presence, entrance, and exit of contract employers and contract employees in covered process areas.
• Periodically evaluate the performance of contract employers.
• Maintain a contract employee injury and illness log specific to the contractor's work in the process areas.

To learn more about Process Safety Management visit our Cal/OSHA Process Safety Management Online Training web page.