Under 29 CFR 1910.120(b)(4), each hazardous waste site needs a site-specific safety and health plan covering hazard analysis by task, training and medical surveillance, PPE, monitoring, site control, decontamination, emergency response and confined space entry. It must be kept on site and available to workers, contractors and regulators.
A HAZWOPER site safety and health plan, or HASP, is the document that keeps a cleanup, remediation or emergency response site safe day to day. This page is one of the OSHA-required written programs; below is what a compliant HASP contains.
When a HASP is required
A site-specific safety and health plan is required for hazardous waste operations and certain emergency response work covered by 1910.120. That reaches remediation and environmental contractors, treatment, storage and disposal operations, and emergency responders to hazardous substance releases. The construction equivalent is 1926.65.
Required sections
Under 1910.120(b)(4), a HASP addresses, at a minimum: a safety and health risk or hazard analysis for each site task and operation; employee training assignments; personal protective equipment to be used; medical surveillance requirements; frequency and types of air monitoring and environmental sampling; site control measures; decontamination procedures; an emergency response plan for the site; confined space entry procedures; and a spill containment program.
Pre-entry briefing
Before work starts, brief workers on the plan so everyone knows the hazards, their tasks, the PPE and the emergency procedures. The plan has to be available on site, and a pre-entry briefing makes sure it is understood, not just filed.
Plan updates
A HASP is site-specific and living. Update it as site conditions, tasks, hazards or monitoring results change, and keep it current for the duration of the work. It must stay available to workers, contractors and regulators on site.
Template download
Want a starting point? Download the HASP template and build your site-specific plan on it. The form routes to our team and we reply within one business day.
FAQs
Who must sign the HASP?
The plan is developed and approved under the employer’s safety and health program, and site supervision is responsible for implementing it. Specific sign-off depends on your program and the site. Build in clear accountability for who approves and who enforces it.
Does every site need its own plan?
Yes. The requirement is a site-specific plan. A generic corporate program does not meet it, because the hazard analysis, monitoring and site control have to reflect the actual site and tasks.
How does the HASP relate to HAZWOPER training?
They go together. The HASP assigns training, and workers need the right level of HAZWOPER training for their role before they work on site. The plan documents who is trained to do what.
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