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Contractor safety and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s multi-employer citation policy

CSP written lesson, 7 min read. CSP Domain 2: Program Management

Written with AI help from the rules it covers, then fact-checked against them. Study aid, not site-specific safety advice. The official rule controls.

What you'll learn

  • Identify creating, exposing, correcting and controlling employers
  • Apply OSHA's two-step test to a multi-employer scenario
  • Describe what reasonable care means for a controlling employer
  • List host and contract employer duties under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR) 1910.119(h)

What this lesson covers

This lesson covers how OSHA decides which employer on a shared worksite is citable, what the process safety management (PSM) standard requires of host and contract employers, and how contracts shift money but not hazards. It matters because exam questions describe a multi-employer site and ask who is responsible.

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