601 Essentials of Occupational Safety and Health

The Written Plan

All workplaces where employees are exposed to hazardous chemicals must have a written plan which describes how the standard will be implemented in that facility. The only work operations which do not have to comply with the written plan requirements are laboratories and work operations where employees only handle chemicals in sealed containers.

The written plan must reflect what employees are doing in a particular workplace. For example, the written plan must include training, list the chemicals present at the site, indicate who is responsible for the various aspects of the program in that facility, and where written materials will be made available to employees.

The written plan must describe how the requirements for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training are going to be met in the facility.

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