Our OSHA Guide For The Construction Industry makes your job easier by providing construction employers with the basic tools for a safer worksite. The Guide focuses on those standards most frequently overlooked and violated by employers in the construction industry, including a list of the top 20 most-violated construction industry standards. Informative and easy-to-understand, The Guide includes pertinent safety checklists and forms, plus a directory of state and federal health and safety agencies. Other topics discussed include: the decision reversing over 30 years of enforcement precedent by giving general contractors a possible defense against 'controlling employer' liability under the multi-employer doctrine Hazard Communication and an explanation of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) within the context of the HazCom Standard Separate, in-depth chapters on excavation and trenching, asbestos, fall protection, and scaffolds Checklist of commonly required safety plans and six sample plans that can be copied and used, plus a CD of these six plans with interactive features that allow users to modify, save, and print the following plans using Microsoft Word: Emergency Action Excavation and Trenching Fall Protection for Residential Construction General Health and Safety for Construction Hazard Assessment and PPE Hazard Communication Updated and expanded training chapter that explains how to identify training needs, gives an overview of OSHA training fundamentals, and summarizes training requirements by topic Digest of OSHA construction industry standards, including discussion of OSHA's new rule on assigned protection factors for respiratory protection, including the effect of the rule on the Asbestos Standard Recordkeeping, reporting, and posting requirements, including sample 300 and 301 logs, along with discussion, instructions, and exemptions