Contractor management
The processes by which a client employer manages the health and safety of contractors and subcontractors working on their premises, including competence checking, induction, supervision and handover arrangements.
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By jurisdiction
UK HSE
“contractor management”Close equivalentRegulation 12 of MHSWR 1999 requires employers who share a workplace to cooperate on health and safety, coordinate their activities, and inform each other of risks. CDM 2015 (regulation 4) imposes specific duties on clients to appoint competent principal designers and principal contractors. HSWA 1974 section 3 extends duties to contractors on the client's premises.
Irish HSA
“contractor management”Close equivalentThe Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, section 12 (persons in control of workplaces) and section 14 (self-employed) create duties relevant to contractor management. The Construction Regulations 2013 set specific client duties to appoint competent PSDP and PSCS. The General Application Regulations require cooperation between employers sharing a workplace.
US OSHA
“contractor management”Close equivalentOSHA addresses contractor management through the multi-employer worksite doctrine (OSHA CPL 02-00-124) and specific standards. OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 (PSM) requires contractor screening, training coordination and periodic evaluation. Host employers are responsible for informing contractors of known hazards at the site.
Practitioner note: Client duties survive the contract. Selecting a contractor does not discharge the duty to those affected, so competence checks, induction and supervision remain with the client.