Corporate safety program
The governing manual: policy, responsibilities by actual role, disciplinary and enforcement structure, training and qualification requirements, inspection and audit cadence, incident reporting, and recordkeeping.
Safety Consulting
Safety Program Development for Contractors
Written safety programs built around your operations — the work you self-perform, the equipment you own, and the roles you actually staff — so the program survives a client audit and still works in the field.
The problem
A purchased template is not a safety program.
A large share of contractor safety manuals were bought, inherited, or assembled from another company's documents. They read well and they fail in three predictable ways: they reference equipment the company does not own, they assign responsibilities to positions the company does not staff, and they commit to inspection frequencies and training intervals nobody is tracking.
That is a compliance problem and a liability problem. Once a program is issued, it is a commitment. If it says the safety director performs monthly documented inspections and there is no safety director, the document works against you in an audit and after an incident.
What it involves
What we build.
Standard-required written programs
The specific programs the standards or your clients require for your scope — hazard communication, fall protection, lockout/tagout, confined space entry, respiratory protection, silica exposure control, heat and cold, and equipment-specific procedures.
Field-facing procedures and forms
Pre-task planning, equipment inspection forms, permits, orientation content, and toolbox talk structure — the tools that make the program visible on the jobsite rather than in a server folder.
Program review and rewrite
Where a program already exists, we assess it against your operations and requirements and revise what is wrong instead of replacing what works.
How the work runs
Built from your operations, not from a template library.
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Operations review
What you self-perform, what you subcontract, the equipment you own, the sectors you work in, and the client requirements you have to satisfy.
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Gap assessment
Existing documents compared against applicable standards, contract requirements, and how the company actually runs work.
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Drafting
Programs written in plain language, with responsibilities assigned to positions that exist and commitments you can actually meet.
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Rollout support
Review with leadership, revision, and direction on how the program gets communicated to supervisors and crews so it is more than an issued PDF.
What separates a usable program
Program details that matter in construction.
- Responsibilities assigned to real positions — owner, project manager, superintendent, foreman, competent person.
- Commitments the company can meet: frequencies, documentation, and reviews that are realistically sustainable.
- Competent and qualified person designations identified where standards require them.
- Subcontractor management requirements, if you hold subs, written to be enforceable.
- Clear escalation and stop-work authority that a foreman can exercise without waiting for permission.
- Alignment with the project-level documents — site-specific plans and AHAs reference the program, not contradict it.
Common questions
- We already have a manual. Do we need a new one?
- Usually not. Most engagements are a targeted rewrite: keep what reflects your operations, correct what does not, and add the programs your current scope requires.
- How does the program relate to a site-specific safety plan?
- The corporate program is how your company operates everywhere. The site-specific plan applies it to one project — site conditions, sequence, contacts, and owner requirements. The plan should reference the program rather than restate it.
- Will the program satisfy prequalification and client audits?
- We write to the standards and to the client requirements you provide us. Where a client uses a specific scoring system or required content list, share it and we will build against it.
Related services
Written Safety Programs
The documentation view of the same work.
Site-Specific Safety Plans
Applying the program to a single project.
OSHA Compliance Consulting
Which programs your scope actually requires.
Safety Audits & Inspections
Verifying the program is being executed.
Activity Hazard Analysis
Task-level planning that carries the program to the crew.
Incident Investigation
Feeding findings back into the program.
Send us the program you have.
A review of your current manual against your actual operations is the fastest way to see whether you need a rewrite or a few targeted additions.
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